Bridgeview Park, in the shadow of the Marathon Oil refinery and Interstate 75, is a full city block of grass that sits open to the surrounding community. This worries some residents because park soils are contaminated with chemicals like arsenic and lead. The frustration was inadvertently kicked up a notch when men in biohazard suits appeared on the site, preparing to plant trees for Greening of Detroit. The nonprofit is using money from a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant to plant at several locations around Detroit — trees that are expected to eventually pull contamination from the ground.
Posted on: Fri, 23 May 2014 11:05:11 +0000
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