In 1986 Detroit built the world's largest incinerator and residents have been suffering since. It burns 800,000 tons of trash per year, emitting air pollutants such as mercury, lead, and different dioxins. After a long struggle, the Detroit incinera
Hazardous air pollutants cause cancer and asthma. Asthma hospitalization rates in Detroit are  3 to 4  times the average rate  in  the  state of Michigan. Both smog and soot aggravate asthma.
In 2005, the Detroit Incinerator was the fifth largest stationary source of nitrogen oxides, a critical component of smog (ground-level ozone). Wayne County is currently in violation of USEPA health standards for smog and soot (particulate matter).
Prior to its closing in May 2019, the incinerator shed 50,000 pounds of lead, cadmium, mercury, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxide, and other dioxides into the surrounding neighborhood each year for the 33
During the last several years of the incinerator’s operation, private haulers were charged as little as $13 per ton of waste, while Detroit residents were charged $150 per ton or more. Since the City needed the trash to keep the incinerator burning,
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