After Hurrican Harvey, Texas Left With Toxic Soup of Sewage, Spilled Fuel, Pesticides, and More

Following reports that refineries and petrochemical plants released millions of pounds of pollutants because of Hurricane Harvey, which battered Southeast Texas last month, test results published on Monday by the New York Times confirmed concerns that "Houston's floodwaters are tainted with toxins."

The storm's unprecedented "1,000-year flood," triggered by record rainfall generated by the...read more.