Los contaminantes tóxicos del aire y la salud en la comunidad de Manchester en Houston

The document details the exposure of the Manchester community in Houston to hazardous air pollutants emitted by nearby industrial facilities, including oil refineries and chemical plants. It identifies six specific toxic substances—1,3-Butadiene, Benzene, Ethylbenzene, Styrene, Toluene, and Xylene—and describes their potential short- and long-term health effects, such as cancer and respiratory issues. The report emphasizes that this 'front-line' community, characterized by high minority and low-income populations, faces disproportionate environmental burdens and lacks the resources to hold polluters accountable.

• The Manchester community in Houston is a 'front-line' area where 98 percent of residents belong to minority groups and 65 percent are low-income, facing a dense concentration of industrial sites including oil refineries, chemical plants, fertilizer plants, and metal recycling facilities.
• In 2014, four companies in Manchester emitted 477,594 pounds of toxic air pollutants, though this figure excludes companies emitting below the EPA's reporting threshold.
• Children under 18 (35 percent of the population) and adults over 65 (8 percent of the population) in Manchester are at the highest risk for diseases related to chemical exposure.
• The document identifies six specific toxic air pollutants present in Manchester: 1,3-Butadiene, Benzene, Ethylbenzene, Styrene, Toluene, and Xylene, noting that Xylene and Styrene were among the five most commonly emitted toxic chemicals in Houston's air in 2014.
• Long-term exposure to the identified air toxics can lead to cancer, as well as various respiratory, neurological, immunological, and reproductive problems.
• There is a positive correlation between poverty levels and pollution concentrations in Manchester, specifically regarding 1,3-butadiene levels.

APA

Union of Concerned Scientists (2016). Los contaminantes tóxicos del aire y la salud en la comunidad de Manchester en Houston. https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/attach/2016/07/ucs-manchester-air-toxics-and-health-factsheet-esp-2016.pdf

Chicago

Union of Concerned Scientists. Los contaminantes tóxicos del aire y la salud en la comunidad de Manchester en Houston. 2016. https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/attach/2016/07/ucs-manchester-air-toxics-and-health-factsheet-esp-2016.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{unionofconcernedscientists2016los, author = {{Union of Concerned Scientists}}, title = {{Los contaminantes tóxicos del aire y la salud en la comunidad de Manchester en Houston}}, institution = {Union of Concerned Scientists}, year = {2016}, month = jul, url = {https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/attach/2016/07/ucs-manchester-air-toxics-and-health-factsheet-esp-2016.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }