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Texas’ Brazos River, Captive and Contaminated

Inside Climate News · By Delger Erdenesanaa, the Texas Observer · last updated
Dow-Freeport, the largest chemical plant complex in the Western Hemisphere, dominates—and pollutes—the Lower Brazos Watershed.

By Delger Erdenesanaa, the Texas Observer

This is part of Drifting Toward Disaster, a Texas Observer series about life-changing challenges facing Texans and their rivers. 

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