Residents near a St. Paul metal foundry expressed frustrations to Mayor Kaohly Her on Tuesday over a lack of support from the city among ongoing pollution concerns.
Neighbors of Northern Iron and Machine, which is fighting the state over permit violations, told Her stories about asthmatic children and scrubbing thick dust off their windows. The foundry is located off Phalen Boulevard on the city’s East Side.
“It is harming children, and speaking for the children of my neighborhood, it is horrible,” Anna-Marie Foster, a board member of the Payne-Phalen Community Council, told Her…