stagger expos newsweek reveal city surround areas once-great detroit pollute asthmatic people literally choke death.zoe schlanger piece newsweek follow story 38-year-old asthmatic jacqueline carson 10-year-old son force river rogue small town 7,000 edge detroit unaffordable house anywhere good prior move area asthma footnote life since become headline suffer multiple cripple attack week lungs feel constantly assault toxic air air schlanger write breathe believe drive east detroit airport river rouge write acrid stench rotten egg fill rental car despite windows roll cold keep drive smell acquire note burn plastic gasoline anywhere else worry car burst flame river rouge know good pull gas station soon open car door could feel air back throat like fine spray gravel.it dirty river rouge everybody know way air smell gas flare coal pile smokestacks around every corner let forget 52 sit heavy industry within 3-mile radius 22 either produce 25,000 pound handle 10,000 pound toxic chemical waste put environmental protection agency toxics release inventory program years area also compliance sulfur dioxide mean know contributor asthma air federal rule allow.as water crisis flint michigan fail protect citizens harm native industries pollute corporations make area uninhabitable state stand idly schlanger uncover accord late state data 15 percent detroit adults asthma 29 percent high rate rest michigan detroiters hospitalize asthma three time frequently michiganders black up rate significantly black detroiters hospitalize asthma rate 150 percent white neighborsthese citizens pay tax mortgage rent live place pollute people become ill dying.this yet another life-critical failure add expand list michigan republican governor rick snyder face recall petition michigan residents make quite literally sick ultra-right wing policies petition 60 days gather 790,000 signatures begin process rid state perhaps bad governor history author petition rev david bullock detroit great st. matthew baptist church tell wjbk democrats republicans white black rich poor kinds folks rural citizens urban citizens people faith people atheist vary sexual orientation get everybody ask question everybody agree mean think mean rick snyder get go let hope snyder go quickly process repair break state michigan begin earnest people live livelihoods depend it.you watch local news report early year increase emissions detroit factory battle locals try protect families.featured image via flickr creative commons major u.s. city pollute people asthma choke death video