Residents in the soot-stained homes nearby know what to expect: stinging eyes, constant migraines, hacking coughs of black spittle and shallow, labored breaths.
The government's answer to its bursting landfills and boundless need for energy is exposing as many as one million people to toxic smoke and ash.
Cadmium, prolonged exposure can produce toxic effects to the skeletal system and cause kidney, lung and bone disease, while arsenic may cause serious respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.
Children can suffer brain development disorders and lifelong impairments like a lowered I.Q., caused by exposure to lead and other toxins from the smokestacks.
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