Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Contaminated dirt is once again a problem in Detroit's demolition program, with testing underway at more than 500 sites connected ...

As part of the new improvements, any sites where testing shows levels of elements that exceed accepted EGLE's environmental ...

Detroit police and state environmental regulators are probing two companies that may have filled hundreds of Detroit demolition sites with toxic dirt.

The city is tightening its procedures for backfill dirt used at demolition sites and launched online reports to track testing of those sites.

This story has been updated with new information. Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield has instated tighter controls over the city's demolition program and ordered the expansion of notifications to residents ...

Contaminated dirt is once again a problem in Detroit's demolition program, with testing underway at more than 500 sites connected to a demolition contractor and a city-approved dirt supplier. Gayanga ...