Residents of Houston's Fifth Ward cancer cluster to be screened for cancer indicators

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51% : Those living outside of the boundary will be placed on a waitlist and contacted after the initial sign up deadline passes. RELATED: 'Highly toxic' cancer-causing compounds outside Fifth Ward recreation facility, according to EPA Plummer spent 15 months setting up the study -- a process that included securing United States Department of Health and Human Services Institutional Review Board clearance.
47% : SEE ALSO: EPA shares soil testing results to Fifth Ward, Kashmere Gardens residents in known cancer cluster Plummer told ABC13 that after the deadline to sign up passes, any remaining slots in the study will be extended to those living outside the 200 household boundary.

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