Houston's air laced with toxic benzene
HOUSTON — Now that the four-day fire is out at a Houston-area chemical storage complex, the real danger has emerged.Cancer-causing benzene wafted across suburbs of the fourth-largest U.S. city, shutting roads, schools and industrial plants, and disrupting everyday life for half a day. A major oil refinery in the heart of North America’s most important fuel-producing region told workers to stay home and the Texas National Guard deployed troops to assist with air monitoring. The […]
