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Neighborhood groups urge council to block Kronos expansion over air-quality fears
Summary
Representatives of the Detroit Hamtramck Coalition and local residents warned the council that Kronos/Crown Enterprises’ proposed concrete-crushing expansion near Jerome and Moran would worsen air pollution and harm nearby residents’ health.
Karen Washington, speaking for We Care about Van Dyke 7 Mile, told council members that the community opposes Kronos’s proposed operations near 6 Mile and Jerome because of existing air-quality problems and the project’s potential to worsen pollution.
The issue matters to public health advocates because speakers cited American Lung Association air-quality grades that place Detroit and Wayne County at a poor level and argued that additional silica dust and particulate matter from concrete crushing would disproportionately affect children, the elderly and people with…
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