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Urban Redevelopment Renews Concerns Over Industrial Sites

The federal government has spent millions of dollars cleaning up so-called brownfields, old industrial properties contaminated by toxic waste. But as Dave Fehling reports for StateImpact Texas, the re-development of some of the state's urban cores has revived concerns over some of the sites.

By Dave Fehling, Houston Public Media
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Former MDI Superfund site east of downtown Houston.
Credit: Dave Fehling NPR StateImpact / KUHF Houston Public Radio

The federal government has spent millions of dollars cleaning up so-called brownfields, old industrial properties contaminated by toxic waste. But as Dave Fehling of KUHF News reports for StateImpact Texas, the re-development of some of the state's urban cores has revived concerns over some of the sites. Read the full story at StateImpact Texas.

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