Environmental Injustice

Boynton, Detroit
Population: 8,832 residents
88% Black population
Strong knit community

-More than three dozen pollution-spewing facilities are scattered across 48217 and neighboring River Rouge and Ecorse

-The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has issued 13 violations to the facility since 2013 and at least three fines, especially after a massive cloud of burned petroleum coke blanketed the area and blew into neighboring Windsor on July 27, 2013.

-In February 2019, a malfunctioning flare from the facility released "horrific, stomach churning odors" that forced some residents to stay indoors.

“Struggling to Breath 48217, Detroit’s Most Toxic Zipcode - Metrotimes 2020”