Marathon Oil

Detroit, MI - February 1: View of the Marathon Oil Refinery close to the southwestern most border of Detroit. During her time as a state representative in 2013, Rashida Tlaib indepentently tested a toxic substance that was polluting the air and Detroit River called petroleum coke, or petcoke, proving it was harmful. As a result then mayor of Detroit Dave Bing, stepped in and made Marathon properly store the petcoke piles so they wouldn't be polluting the neighborhoods and river. As a result of the industry in Southwest Detroit and cities further down the Detroit River asthma rates and other respatory issues are extremely common. SOURCES: https://www.citylab.com/environment/2018/01/how-detroit-beat-fugitive-dust/550241/ and https://www.detroitjournalism.org/2018/02/09/pollution-southwest-detroit/(Photo by Nick Hagen for The Washington Post via Getty Images)The Washington Post/Getty Images