` ` Stinky neighborhood '' in Houston is near huge petrochemical complex . Located near the cruise ship terminal , it has a high incidence of leukemia . Its residents are mostly Hispanic and mostly poor . A Rice University study released in 2006 showed that Houston has a higher concentration of benzene and 1-3 butadiene than anywhere else in the United States . Houston ' poor bear brunt of environmental pollution .
` ` Stinky neighborhood '' in Houston is near huge petrochemical complex . Located near the cruise ship terminal , it has a high incidence of leukemia . Its residents are mostly Hispanic and mostly poor . Houston ' poor bear brunt of environmental pollution .