An environmental coalition is calling for the shutdown of US Ecology Detroit South, a hazardous waste treatment facility on Detroit’s lower east side with a pending license renewal application.
Residents held signs that said “stop odors now,” “we can’t breathe,” and “end the stench, dust, fumes, fires, asthma, waste” at a press conference held Monday by the Detroit Hamtramck Coalition for Advancing Healthy Environments.
Neighbors of the hazardous waste facility, elected officials, and environmental activists urged the state to address odor and safety concerns and deny US Ecology’s license renewal…