Detroit-area poor face 'environmental injustice' from pollution hazards

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For Sherry Griswold and Tom Gutenschwager, living just 1,000 feet from the Marathon oil refinery on Dumfries Street in Detroit means learning to endure: the odors, the thin layers of soot on new snow, the noise

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[sfrlz]

This is an issue a lot of people overlook. And not just in urban areas - my parents grew up in rural Pennsylvania next to a refinery and now a lot of the older people especially have health problems. Corporations and utility companies should be held accountable for these things.

[romp]

I'm learning that people often know only of their local situation and not that this is standard practice. It does get NIMBY if you don't learn from the experience. This happens everywhere as far as I can tell.

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