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South Texas Oil Brings Boom — As Well As Pollution's 'Toxic Soup'

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While the South Texas oil boom has meant a flood of cash and people to formerly impoverished communities, there have also been serious repercussions — namely, rampant air pollution. Jim Morris of the Center for Public Integrity explains the boom's environmental effects.

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