‘It’s on fire’: EPA finds toxic sewer gas after Mentor residents say their complaints went nowhere

MENTOR, Ohio — The smell in Mentor’s Woodhill subdivision is so overpowering it feels like “walking with a dirty diaper on your face,” neighbors say, making them sick and forcing them indoors.

Even their homes aren’t refuge. At times, the stench seeps inside, leaving them with nowhere to escape.

For years, neighborhood residents reported the rotten egg-like odor to city and county officials…

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