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Reports on the awareness campaign being done by Rhonda Anderson, organizer of the Sierra Club's environmental-justice program, on the health risks from an abandoned Continental Aluminum recycling plant in Detroit, Michigan. Health problems of the residents surrounding the plant; Relocation of the plant in Lyon Township, Michigan; Experience of similar health problems by the residents in Lyon Township.

Reports on the closure of the medical-waste incinerator at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan through the leadership of James Williams. Poisons emitted by the incinerator; Criticism of environmental regulations in Texas.

Deals with the opposition of Sierra Club members on luxury-home and golf-course development at Humbug Marsh in Michigan. Efforts of the Department of Environmental Quality in the state.

Reports that Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan incinerates all its trash. Toxic emissions produced by the hospital's incineration practice; Comments from Anna Holden, chairman of the Sierra Club's Southeast Michigan Group; Effects of emissions on children.