Articles tagged as: lead contamination
January 9, 2017
EPA Lead Clean Up In East Side Indy Neighborhood
This is the second go-round for major lead clean up in Martindale-Brightwood.
Read MoreDecember 12, 2016
Lead In East Chicago Drinking Water From Aging Infrastructure
City Utilities Director Greg Crowley says the elevated levels are likely related to EPA clean up activities in the Calumet neighborhood.
Read MoreDecember 12, 2016
East Chicago Mayor Requests Emergency Declaration For Lead Crisis
Mayor Anthony Copeland sent letters to Gov. Mike Pence and Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb requesting additional resources for the lead contaminated Calumet neighborhood.
Read MoreDecember 9, 2016
EPA Finds High Lead Levels In Some East Chicago Homes' Tap Water
The city is already grappling with lead in the soil around homes inside its EPA Superfund, but the EPA says that isn't the source of the lead in the tap water.
Read MoreNovember 4, 2016
HUD Settles East Chicago Complaint
A complaint has been settled by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to give current and former East Chicago residents more time, money to relocate.
Read MoreOctober 31, 2016
EPA To Begin Clean Up In Section Of East Chicago Neighborhood
The EPA will begin removing lead contaminated soil from 13 yards this fall.
Read MoreOctober 26, 2016
East Chicago Relocation Tests Limited Affordable Housing Market
The deadline is looming for families in a lead-contaminated public housing complex to find new homes, but they don't have many affordable options.
Read MoreSeptember 22, 2016
East Chicago School, Families Face Challenges After Lead Discovery
Soil samples at East Chicago's Carrie Gosch Elementary School tested at dangerous lead levels. So the decision was made to move the hundreds of students to a former middle school located across town.
Read MoreSeptember 21, 2016
East Chicago Residents Want More Time, Help To Move From Lead-Tainted Homes
Hundreds of families living in the West Calumet neighborhood have been told to find new homes by November.
Read MoreSeptember 19, 2016
East Chicago Residents File Lawsuit To Halt Relocation
Residents of the West Calumet Housing Complex are suing local officials as well as the private companies responsible for cleaning the neighborhood's lead polluted soil.
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