They Grew Up Breathing Detroit Air. Generations Of Women Are Pushing For New Approaches To Pollution. Ebony JJ Curry 1 day ago DETROIT - Joyce Collins has buried nearly her entire immediate family.Her father died in 1992 after cancer spread to his bones. Her oldest sister was diagnosed with lung cancer, later developed breast and brain cancer, and died in 2013. Another sister died from pancreatic cancer in 2007. Her mother died from colon cancer in 2020.brain cancer, and died in 2013. Another sister died from pancreatic cancer in 2007. Her mother died from colon cancer in 2020. Now Collins' 53-year-old nephew has prostate cancer. Collins, 67, grew up around Southwest Detroit's 48217 ZIP code, a predominantly Black and Latino community surrounded by some of Southeast Michigan's heaviest industry. The Marathon Petroleum refinery operates there. Nearby River Rouge and Ecorse are also home to heavy industry. Families live among refiner-ies, industrial facilities and major freight corridors with heavy truck traffic. For decades, residents have asked what all of that pollution is doing to their health. <



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