Sulfur

Do you smell a rotten egg or sulfur smell in the air?

US Steel Coke plant is a major producer of Hydrogen sulfide Coke is used to produce iron and steel. Clairton’s 10 coke batteries contain 708 coke ovens and more than 6,300 potential emissions points. Each year, the facility produces about 4.3 million tons of coke.

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Related articles

https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2022/03/07/us-steel-fined-1-8-million-for-rotten-egg-gas-pollution-near-pittsburgh/

https://triblive.com/opinion/zachary-barber-pollution-is-u-s-steels-gift-to-pittsburgh/

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/environment/2019/02/05/US-Steel-sulfur-dioxide-high-level-recorded-Clairton-Coke-Works-Mon-Valley-Pittsburgh/stories/201902050123

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is the “rotten egg” odor, sulfur Dioxide (SO2) has the “struck match” odor and Hydrogen Sulfide