The city will look into what health effects residents living near a dump in Upper Stoney Creek could be facing, after air testing showed high levels of pollutants linked to sulfur at the location.

Hamilton councillors voted unanimously for staff to look into it further at a general issues committee meeting Wednesday.

People living close to the GFL facility, on 65 Green Mountain Rd. in Ward 9, have been complaining since April 2023 about a consistent, at times overwhelming, rotten egg-like smell coming from the dump.

A motion by Ward 9 Coun. Brad Clark says an air monitoring report found there were total reduced sulphur compounds (TRS) levels more than above the provincial standards. On at least one occasion, it was 17 times greater than the provincially accepted level.

The tests were c

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