Elevated levels of lead have been discovered in playgrounds in Houston, Texas, new research reports ... yards and play areas around the Greater Fifth Ward. The Greater Fifth Ward is a neighborhood ...

Community leaders blame a history of “corporate greed,” negligence and environmental racism for cancer-causing contamination found at Hester House in Houston’s Fifth Ward, officials said ...

Recent health department studies have identified higher rates of certain cancers and respiratory conditions in areas of Fifth Ward compared to Houston averages, particularly in sections closest to ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A devastating cancer cluster in Houston's Fifth Ward is now leading to groundbreaking research. On Thursday night, the first people signed up for a landmark study that ...

Some residents of Houston's Fifth Ward, where there is ongoing soil and water testing for cancer-causing toxic chemicals, now have the opportunity to receive free cancer screenings as part of a ...

It has been nearly two years since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would direct Union Pacific Railroad to test for toxic chemicals in Houston's Fifth Ward neighborhood.