Detroit has no inventory of polluted, unused commercial sites. It doesn't know how many there are, where they're located, or what hazardous materials are there.
Some polluted properties have dangerous chemicals that are hazardous to neighboring humans.
Developers are plowing up suburban and rural land because reclaiming polluted city property is too costly and complicated. How to get involved The city of Detroit has no list of abandoned, idle, or under-used industrial and commercial properties that likely are polluted. His office is a converted grain mill along the Mississippi River. The health warning posted at the Uniroyal site on East Jefferson in Detroit, is a stark reminder of past industrial pollution. An uncounted number of similar sites are stalling redevelopment.