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New study finds elevated cancer rates near toxic San Jacinto River waste pits

State researchers found above normal levels of four types of cancer in communities near a toxic waste site.

The San Jacinto River Waste pits, an EPA Superfund site which is contaminated with dioxins, sits right on Interstate 10 east of Houston on Oct. 12, 2014.

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