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Union Pacific's Englewood rail yard is seen, Aug. 12, 2022, in Houston. On Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, Houston officials approved $5 million for a fund to help relocate residents from neighborhoods located near the rail yard polluted by a cancer-linked wood preservative that has been blamed for an increase in cancer cases. Creosote, which has been associated with an increased risk of contracting cancer, was used for more than 80 years at the site until the 1980s. City officials say the contamination has reached the groundwater in the neighborhoods. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

Union Pacific's Englewood rail yard is seen, Aug. 12, 2022, in Houston. On Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, Houston officials approved $5 million for a fund to help relocate residents from neighborhoods located near the rail yard polluted by a cancer-linked wood preservative that has been blamed for an increase in cancer cases. Creosote, which has been associated with an increased risk of contracting cancer, was used for more than 80 years at the site until the 1980s. City officials say the contamination has reached the groundwater in the neighborhoods. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

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