A judge is set to decide whether low-level radioactive material left over from the creation of the first atomic bomb can find its forever home in a metro Detroit landfill.

The state of New York wants to send about 6,000 cubic yards of tainted soil and 4,000 gallons of contaminated groundwater to a waste disposal site near Belleville, Michigan.

It’s one of a handful in the country licensed to dispose of such waste.

Communities near the site, including Canton Township, filed a lawsuit to stop shipments of the toxic material from New York. WDET's Quinn Klinefelter spoke with Canton Township Supervisor Anne Marie Graham-Hudak about the lawsuit and why she says the shipments put public health at risk.

Also, Metro producer Cary Junior II spoke with Carol Miller, a professor of engineering at Wayne State University, about how landfill sites are built and how they attempt to prevent contaminants from impacting its surrounding areas.