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Resident urges council to block Avitus from restarting after neighborhood odors and violations
Summary
An in-person speaker told Detroit’s Public Health & Safety committee persistent rotten-egg odors tied to Avitus operations have eased only since a June fire and urged restrictions on the company, legal fence-line monitors and stronger emergency alerts; the city asked to return the item for follow-up.
A Detroit resident told the Public Health & Safety Standing Committee on Oct. 6 that chronic foul odors near her family’s home, which she linked to Avitus Specialty Services, have made outdoor life unbearable for years and appear to have improved only since a June fire at the facility.
“Since the fire, other than wildfire smoke and the hints of Febreze, the air quality has actually seemed cleaner,” Eden Bloom said during in-person public comment, arguing the change shows the plant’s…
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