Hundreds of Detroit home demolition sites may have been filled with toxic dirt

Toxic chemicals like lead and asbestos are likely in dirt used to backfill demolished structures in city, experts sayHundreds of Detroit home demolition sites were potentially backfilled with toxic construction debris from a demolished shopping mall and other sources, creating an unfolding public health threat in the city’s neighborhoods.Detroit, the nation’s lowest income big city, is in the US industrial heartland…