Texas officials ignore spread of dioxin in key Houston waterways

Houston Chronicle: Evelyn and Jerome Matula were still polka-dancing newlyweds in 1950 when they spotted a tiny, half-finished “dollhouse” tucked into a patch of woods along the San Jacinto River on Harris County’s eastern edge.

It seemed like a dream — a bluff out back offered panoramic views, and a sandy path wound down to the river, where their three children and later their grandchildren all fished. But now, the retired refinery worker and former educator, 91 and 88, fear that all of their kin were poisoned by carcinogenic dioxin in the fish and in the well water.

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