Study: Pollutants Threaten Texas Children
KEYE- TV
03/05/2003
Hilton Kelley of CIDA of Port Arthur points to his school's toxic skyline
State Represenative Sylvester Turner of Houston says he'll file a bill to
protect school children from toxic chemicals. A review finds 63% of the
cancer-causing pollution from refineries and chemical plants was released
within two miles of mostly minority schools in eight counties. The study was
released today in Austin by the Sustainable Energy and Economic Development
Coalition. The group found that about 100 plants near the schools emitted
nearly 40 (M) million pounds of toxins in 2000. The study found over
142-thousand children in 216 schools in Ector, El Paso, Galveston, Gregg,
Harris, Jefferson, Nueces and Orange counties attend schools within a
two-mile radius of a refinery or chemical plant. Turner's bill would require
the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to develop a plan to protect
children from pollutants.
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