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Residents urge halt to redevelopment at 800 Middle Street, cite contamination and health concerns
Summary
Speakers from the community and Texas Health Environment Alliance urged the council and mayor to stop residential moves to 800 Middle Street until site contamination is fully studied and remediated; they offered satellite imagery and asked city leaders to prevent future health impacts.
Speakers at the public-comment portion of the Houston City Council meeting urged officials to stop or delay housing moves to a proposed redevelopment site at 800 Middle Street, citing long-standing contamination, cancer-cluster concerns and incomplete cleanup.
Sandra Edwards told the council she opposes allowing new residents into the site and warned of a potential recurrence of past industrial contamination. "I don't wanna see another cluster arise in…
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