Great Lakes region hit hard by steel industry pollution, report finds

LANSINGPollution from coalbased steel production causes hundreds of premature deaths each year, with people in Southeast Michigan and elsewhere in the Great Lakes region bearing much of the burden, according to a recent report.The nonprofit research group Industrious Labs looked at 17 coal-based steel plants and coke facilities operating in the United States, incl...

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