When I have been on the rim of the Cuyahoga Valley at E30th and Broadway (between the prison and the post office) for the last year with the prevailing SW winds there is a usually a strong sickly obnoxious sweet smell - not the steel mills smell but rather the same smell described by James Renner in the Free Times article here:
How is it that the agencies involved in the regulation of GEM – a toxic disposal business - have allowed such an acute and obnoxious odor – read “chemical release” to continue to waft into neighborhoods for a year? What are GEM’s discharges into the sewers? What are the chemicals? What are their effects on health? Regulation sounds really loosey goosey. This article raises the specter of heavy metal laden hazmat wastes being conveniently incinerated in steel mill furnaces. Could this be the case, or do our Ohio regulators have the situation under control?. What is your bet?
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[1] http://www.freetimes.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2959&POSTNUKESID=e5f518730752084197a48c6e7eba50e4