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Handle Memorial Institute In operation with tl.c Je/Terson Coun$
Foliation Control officials. Much'
has been dona, and while the survey'
not be expected to solve the entire * lem it will provide better undent*;
and point to corrective action can be token by industry and the^]
munity. Concurrently, industry: [j stalling many types of control de>,a
Three industries have appropr^L $450,000 for control equipment^
others are in the design stages. -/M willingness of industry to do everyth
scientifically possible to sbaie pollejj^V has not calmed public hysteria for'itMli tic action. The problem is complex^Jr
will require lime to solve. ShuidoifXfV
the new industry would give
tial relief. With patience and standing that industry is a good nddl
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bor cooperating In a community.C^^.,^:''^.V,,-<
problem, progress will be made.
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Air Pollution Problems in tho Hmoa
Area. By Don Wynn, Houston C*iaJ
ber 0/ Commerce.
The concentration of industrial phxtff
oil refineries, ship wharves, steel,';*
mciit, chemical and fertiliser lactorla
erected along the Houston ship chsnid
in recent years have created an airpg
lu I Ion problem.
A $2.2 billion dollar investment^
100 plants with 66,000 workers
payroll of $278,000,000 within
more than a decade has made H
the South's largest city and
busiest port area fn the country, industries locating here have spswod]
hundreds of diversified businesses,
desire of workers to Uve close
jobs'in the ship channel plonts has eeS!
new communities arise close to theiy
dustrial zones.
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Public protests since 1951 about
mospheric pollution hove intensified'!)* work of industry in this area under 0*
Chamber leaderahip. Since 1947
cent survey showed more than $8 millfe
has gone Into devices to reduce air lution in Harris County. Another jj
million ol equipment haa been autbtfj
ized. Although leas than 26,000 ol tb
900,000 people in Harris County !*
sfTected by air pollution, such an ct*
cry has been generated that it has ow
been with difficulty that law-suits
injunctions involving serious dills*?
tions have,been slaved off.
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Our first aim is to inform the ptibw
obout remedial measures under way.
must also determine the level ol *?i lamination permissible and see that l^|
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