Superfund team assists Houston communities

March 2019.  Texas A&M Superfund Research Center Team is assisting Texas Campaign for the Environment (TCE) in Houston with the interpretation of analytical data from specific toxic clean-up sites, as well as providing assistance in areas which are in dire need of future design and planning for addressing public health issues.  Dr. Galen Newman, Associate Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning, Director for the Center for Housing and Urban Development, and Principal Investigator of the Community Engagement Core of the Superfund Research Center, and his team will be seeking to work with some of these communities in the future to develop growth provisions. They are also discussing ways in which to incorporate information from the Superfund sampling database as well as from GIS-based mapping of current conditions in Houston.