Texas Town Lures Industry, at a Cost

By MONICA RHOR, Associated Press Writer, Space & Earth science / Environment

(AP) -- There is a quiet battle for the future of this industrial town, one of America's most polluted places. On one side is ex-mayor Oscar Ortiz, who in the waning days of his administration worried about one thing. But it wasn't the toxic chemicals that spew from petrochemical plants, the town's richest landowners, through the windows of its poorest residents.

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