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    :: Friday, April 01, 2005 ::

    Refineries provide, cradle to grave: Texas City's best pay, biggest hazards are at petrochemical plants BY KAREN BROOKS, The Dallas Morning News
    In this part of Texas, they know danger comes with the job. It is a cruel irony in Texas City that the petrochemical industry that employs a larger share of the population and provides them with a rich tax base also is involved in the very events that sometimes scare, injure or kill them.
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