East Side Environmental shares community-centered data and analysis focused on improving air quality and quality of life on Detroit’s East Side and beyond. The project grew out of frustration with how the status quo persists—through violations, weak enforcement, and unused levers of power. After organizing around air quality issues from Stellantis’ Detroit Assembly Complex, this page takes a step back to see the bigger picture: connect data, patterns, and lived experience to seek real change in our air and on the ground. Read WHAT IS THIS? for the full backstory.
Odor Complaints Near Aevitas
Aevitas Compliant Analysis
Drop 90% After June 2025 Shutdown
NEW! Aevitas Complaint Analysis The latest analysis of Michigan EGLE complaint data shows that odor complaints near Aevitas Specialty Services (663 Lycaste St) dropped by roughly 90 percent after the June 30, 2025 fire and shutdown. Before the fire, residents within one mile reported frequent diesel and chemical-type odors; afterward, only one similar complaint was recorded. Paint and other odor types remained stable, indicating the change was specific to Aevitas’s operations. These findings support stronger oversight, real-time VOC/benzene air monitoring, and strict accountability before any future restart at the site. Read the full report
HOT Learn more about the fire at Aevitas Specialty Services on June 30, 2025. Read Council Member Johnson’s memo on Aevitas. Read LPD’s proposed resolution that is on the Oct 20 Public Health and Safety Committee agenda.
ACTIVE Residents and activists continue to push back against Crown’s Kronos Concrete.
The R2 upzoning proposal could increase residential population in areas already overexposed to pollution and documented violations without any plan to reduce that exposure.
Environmental Analysis: Let’s Build More Housing’s R2 Upzoning and Industry
NEW! Environmental Health Analysis of Proposed Upzoning Detroit’s proposed “Let’s Build More Housing” ordinance would make it easier to build small multi-unit homes, ADUs, and mixed-use housing citywide. The change could expand housing choice but also place more residents near heavy industry and truck corridors. Without added safeguards, the proposal could weaken neighborhood protections and increase displacement pressure. It could be strengthened by adding clear buffer zones, brief health reviews, and transparency measures so Detroit builds more housing and healthier neighborhoods together. Environmental Analysis: Let’s Build More Housing’s R2 Upzoning and Industry
Read the POWER OVER POLLUTION series, an easy to understand guide to WHO CAN DO WHAT when it comes to industrial pollution. Use the updated EASTSIDE SPEED DIAL list with clickable contact info for city, county, state and federal representatives.
Read profiles on 14 East Side INDUSTRIAL SITES. These are attempts to share accessible, well-researched info on the companies that operate in our backyards. This is not an exhaustive list and is a work in progress. 13 of these 14 sites have had city, state or federally issued violations since 2019. One is a truck yard logistics site with numerous complaints. Our focus is on EAST SIDE AIR QUALITY since Detroit’s Incinerator was shut down.
Thanks to the work of activists, community orgs, and their representatives Detroit has expanded air quality MONITORING.