Toxic Donut

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The term Toxic Doughnut was coined by Hazel Johnson.[1]

Altgeld Gardens and nearby Trumbull Park, both Chicago Housing Authority developments, are within a short drive of the Lake Calumet Cluster, an almost 90-acre site of former toxic-waste dumps.


<https://ejatlas.org/conflict/chicagos-toxic-doughnut-usa>


Pyrolysis Feedstuff

"Poisonous Homes: The Fight for Environmental Justice in Federally Assisted Housing" Shriver Center on Poverty Law (June 2020) <https://www.povertylaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/environmental_justice_report_final-rev2.pdf>

  1. "Public housing residents kept in dark about toxic sites, report says" Chicago Sun-Times (1 July 2020) by Brett Chase. https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/7/1/21310566/public-housing-cha-epa-shriver-hud