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• Woman claims brain tumor due to chemical emissions near area schools

  By Kelly Holleran | Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009 @ 7:17am

  Hanks A Jefferson County woman is claiming that chemical emissions near the schools she attended have caused her develop brain cancer.

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• Mississippi man claims childhood in Groves exposed him to butadiene

  By David Yates | Monday, Sep 8, 2008 @ 8:55am

  A Mississippi resident who grew up in Groves says his brain cancer is an affliction brought on by being exposed to butadiene "emitting from the SBR complex in Port Neches."

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• Man claims 7 years of butadiene exposure caused his leukemia

  By David Yates | Wednesday, Sep 19, 2007 @ 8:30am

  For seven years of his life Bobby Simon worked at Port Neches butane plant, where he claims he inhaled and absorbed enough carcinogenic emissions to cause him to develop leukemia.

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• Plaintiff's lawyer says petrochemical industry knowingly sacrificed lives

  By Marilyn Tennissen | Monday, Sep 10, 2007 @ 12:30pm

  According to plaintiff's lawyer Dale Hanks, the local petrochemical facilities that have provided a comfortable way of life for generations of Southeast Texans are in reality secretive, callous, arrogant, reckless and have no regard for human life.

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• 79-year-old sues for butadiene exposure

  By David Yates | Thursday, Aug 30, 2007 @ 7:30am

  A worker at Firestone's synthetic rubber plant in Orange for 43 years, Edward Blankenstein, 79, says he was "negligently" exposed to butadiene during his long tenure.

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