KPRC 2 has been covering the cancer cluster in Houston’s Fifth Ward for years. It has affected hundreds of families and is an issue for which we continually work to get answers for our community.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Environmental Protection Agency is announcing additional testing in an area of Houston's Fifth Ward identified as a cancer cluster. Residents there have been demanding ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- During Wednesday's meeting, Houston City Council members were unable to devise a plan for the funds allocated to move residents from a cancer cluster in the Fifth Ward amid ...

Houston - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identified 41 creosote-related chemicals as Potential Contaminants of Concern (PCOCs) in the vapor intrusion samples of the Fifth Ward area. FOX 26 ...

KPRC 2 Health Reporter Haley Hernandez said that the Department of State Health Services won’t do a Cancer Cluster study just anywhere. It’s a long process that requires some preliminary evidence.

HOUSTON — Union Pacific was set to start soil testing in Houston's 5th Ward Wednesday morning, but the sample collection was delayed due to weather. Editor's note: The above video was published before ...

The Union Pacific Railyard, located near Kashmere Gardens. Residents say the railyard is responsible for the cancer cluster in Kashmere Gardens. Taken on Jan. 27, 2021. Houston city council members ...

Investigators were in Boyce-Dorian Park collecting soil samples. The park is one of 300 sites across the Fifth Ward that investigators with the EPA and Union Pacific will be collecting soil samples ...

Testing will begin in June for the presence of toxic chemicals in northeast Houston near a contaminated railyard, according to details released by the EPA on the upcoming investigation. "We have heard ...

Daryl Johnson is skeptical. It’s a sunny Monday morning just south of the rail yard in Fifth Ward, and strangers have just knocked on his door. I’m with a volunteer helping Houston City Councilmember ...