Tough New Bill Aims to Curb Benzene Pollution in Channelview - Public Health Watch

Tough New Bill Aims to Curb Benzene Pollution in Channelview - Public Health Watch

A Texas state senator has introduced a bill that addresses issues uncovered by Public Health Watch’s reporting in Channelview, an unincorporated community that has been plagued by cancer-causing benzene for at least 20 years. Sen. Carol Alvarado’s bill requires facilities that store and distribute volatile organic compounds, a class of chemicals that includes benzene, to install “state-of-the-art” equipment to limit emissions. It also calls for …