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1. Pearland High School Chemistry Classes Presentation | March 21, 1995

Description:
Presentation at Pearland High School about the Brio Superfund site, including its history, contamination, cleanup efforts by the Brio Site Task Force and Environmental Protection Agency, and community concerns.
Keyword:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, ATSDR, Brio Site Task Force, Brio Superfund site, Clear Creek, Dioxin, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Flickinger, Marie, Goldman, Norma J., Harris County Health Department, Incinerators, Monsanto, Mud Gully, O'Brien, Catherine, Texas Department of Health, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, and Waste pits
Creator:
O'Brien, Catherine
Owner:
rodolfo.silva@sjcd.edu
Language:
English
Date Uploaded:
12/08/2025
Date Modified:
12/11/2025
Date Created:
1995-03-21
Rights Statement:
Copyright Undetermined
Resource Type:
Other

2. Speech to Science Club, San Jac College South, November 13, 1992

Description:
Speech to the Science Club at San Jacinto College South, including the history of the Brio Superfund Site, contamination by chemical companies, health and environmental investigations, and community opposition to incineration...
Keyword:
Brio Superfund site, Monsanto Company, Goldman, Norma J., Brio Site Task Force, Environmental Protection Agency, Harris County Health Department, Texas Department of Health, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Southbend, Johanson, Waldemar G., Meyer, John, Health studies, Homes, Environment and Lives in Peril, Hirschhorn, Joel S., Metals, Incinerators, and Waste pits
Creator:
O'Brien, Catherine
Owner:
rodolfo.silva@sjcd.edu
Language:
English
Date Uploaded:
12/08/2025
Date Modified:
12/09/2025
Date Created:
1992-11-13
Rights Statement:
Copyright Undetermined
Resource Type:
Other

3. Correspondence to Sam Becker from Carl Hickam

Description:
Correspondence to Sam Becker from Carl Hickam regarding Brio Refinery and Dixie Oil Processors NPL sites
Keyword:
Becker, Sam, Hickam, Carl, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Brio Refinery, Dixie Oil Processors, National Priorities List (NPL), Texas Department of Health, Harris County Health Department, Superfund site, Environmental Protection Agency, Weber Elementary School, Southbend subdivisio, Waste materials, Hazardous substance, Contaminants, Barinka, Lou, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Health study
Creator:
Hickam, Carl
Contributor:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Owner:
rodolfo.silva@sjcd.edu
Language:
English
Date Uploaded:
10/23/2025
Date Modified:
10/23/2025
Date Created:
19900209
Rights Statement:
Copyright Undetermined
Resource Type:
Other

4. Task Force welcomes health survey

Description:
Newspaper article stating Task Force welcomes health survey
Keyword:
Brio Task Force, Health survey, Brio, Superfund, Toxic waste dump, Southbend, Goldman and Co., South Belt-Ellington Leader, Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs), Risk assessment, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Birth defects, Finley, Cheryl, Harris County Health Department, Texas Department of Health, Johnson, Barry L., Department of Health and Human Resources, Flickinger, Marie, Contamination, Chiquot Aquifer, and U.S. Geological Survey
Owner:
rodolfo.silva@sjcd.edu
Publisher:
South Belt-Ellington Leader
Language:
English
Date Uploaded:
03/24/2026
Date Modified:
03/24/2026
Date Created:
1990-07-12
Rights Statement:
Copyright Undetermined
Resource Type:
Article

5. Re-evaluating health risks

Description:
Newspaper article providing copy of letter from Carl R. Hickam to Sam Becker
Keyword:
Hickam, Carl R., Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Becker, Sam, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Brio Refinery, Dixie Oil Processors, Texas Department of Health, Harris County Health Department, Weber Elementary School, Southbend, Incinerator test burns, Waste materials, and Hazardous substance
Owner:
rodolfo.silva@sjcd.edu
Publisher:
South Belt-Ellington Leader
Language:
English
Date Uploaded:
03/06/2026
Date Modified:
03/06/2026
Date Created:
1990-03-22
Rights Statement:
Copyright Undetermined
Resource Type:
Article

6. Press Release: Drinking Water

Description:
Press release clarifying that drinking water for the Southbend community is not contaminated.
Keyword:
Brio Site Task Force, Brio Superfund site, Goldman, Norma J., Southbend, Weber Elementary School, Drinking water, Texas Water Commission, Texas Bureau of Environmental Health, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Environmental Protection Agency, Harris County Health Department, ATSDR, and EPA
Creator:
Brio Site Task Force
Owner:
rodolfo.silva@sjcd.edu
Language:
English
Date Uploaded:
10/09/2025
Date Modified:
12/09/2025
Date Created:
1990-03-02
Rights Statement:
Copyright Undetermined
Resource Type:
Other

7. Jury vindicates Monsanto's role

Description:
Newspaper article stating jury vindicates Monsanto's role
Keyword:
Southbend, Slaughter vs. Monsanto, Pelezar, Janet, Stecker, Jim, Birth defects, Center for Disease Control, Harris County Health Department, Environmental Protection Agency, Brio Task Force, Remedial Investigation, Pit J, Vinyl chloride, Waldeck, Mike, Remediation, Superfund site, Bateman, Herb, Consent Decree, Finley, Cheryl, Brooks, Jack, Schrader, Paul, and DOP
Owner:
rodolfo.silva@sjcd.edu
Publisher:
South Belt-Ellington Leader
Language:
English
Date Uploaded:
03/06/2026
Date Modified:
03/06/2026
Date Created:
1990-02-15
Rights Statement:
Copyright Undetermined
Resource Type:
Article

8. Letter to Dr. W.A. Quebedeaux, Jr. Regarding Phoenix Chemical Co.

Description:
Complaint from Ed Balsam, Jr. to the Harris County Health Department regarding air pollution by Phoenix Chemical Co.
Keyword:
Balsam, Ed, Jr., Quebedeaux, W.A., Jr., Harris County Health Department, Air pollution, and Phoenix Chemical Co.
Creator:
Balsam, Ed, Jr.
Owner:
rodolfo.silva@sjcd.edu
Language:
English
Date Uploaded:
10/31/2025
Date Modified:
10/31/2025
Date Created:
1971-04-06
Rights Statement:
Copyright Undetermined
Resource Type:
Other

9. Letter from Texas Water Quality Board to Ralph Lowe.6 Jun 1969

Description:
Letter from Texas Water Quality Board to Ralph Lowe regarding water quality reports from April 1969
Keyword:
Rose, Howard V., Fulcher, Brandon, Boswell, Howard B., Brownlee, Jerry L., Peavey, J.E., Ramsey, Ben, Singleton, J.R., Yantis, Hugh C. Jr., Texas Water Quality Board, Lowe, Ralph, Harris County Health Department, Mud Gulley, and Intercostal Chemical Company
Owner:
rodolfo.silva@sjcd.edu
Language:
English
Date Uploaded:
03/05/2026
Date Modified:
03/05/2026
Date Created:
1969-06-06
Rights Statement:
Copyright Undetermined
Resource Type:
Other

10. Complaint to the Harris County Health Department from the Friendswood area

Description:
Complaint to the Harris County Health Department from the Friendswood area color of water and odor at Clear Creek
Keyword:
Mr. Sharp, Harris County Health Department, Lowe Chemical, Friendswood, Clear Creek, Chemical odor, Mud Gully, and Matney Bill
Creator:
Mr. Sharp
Owner:
rodolfo.silva@sjcd.edu
Language:
English
Date Uploaded:
10/13/2025
Date Modified:
10/13/2025
Date Created:
19680905
Rights Statement:
Copyright Undetermined
Resource Type:
Other