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Soil Contamination

Brighton Park migrant camp site report shows soil was contaminated

  • Dec 2, 2023

Native American youth reclaim, purify NW Side vacant land

  • Jul 19, 2023

Railroad merger approved despite suburbs' safety concerns

  • Mar 16, 2023

East Palestine residents confront town leaders, Norfolk Southern

  • Mar 3, 2023

Group raises concerns about railroad merger after OH train derailment

  • Feb 27, 2023

Soil, water from OH wreck taken to MI, TX without warning: officials

  • Feb 26, 2023

Contaminated soil, water evacuated from Ohio train derailment site

  • Feb 21, 2023

Whiting residents frustrated after high lead levels found in soil

  • May 8, 2018

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SW Side residents say failed migrant camp site remains contaminated

  • Jan 5, 2024
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Brighton Park migrant camp site report shows soil was contaminated

  • Dec 2, 2023
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Whiting residents frustrated after high lead levels found in second NW Indiana neighborhood

  • May 8, 2018
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East Chicago families forced to move out of homes due to soil contamination

  • Mar 23, 2017

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East Chicago residents uprooted by lead contamination meet with officials

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson says it's clear that residents forced to move from a public-housing complex in East Chicago because of lead contamination feel uprooted. The discovery forced hundreds of people to relocate in what many say has been a flawed but necessary process.

  • Mar 23, 2017

East Chicago families forced to move out of homes due to soil contamination

Hundreds of families were forced to move from their East Chicago homes due to contaminated soil.

  • Mar 23, 2017

East Chicago residents sue 3 companies for soil contamination

Residents of a public housing complex in East Chicago, Ind., are suing three companies they blame for the toxic soil under their homes.

  • Oct 6, 2016

EPA set to begin cleanup of Indiana yards tainted with lead

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to begin removing soil this weekend from northwestern Indiana residential properties contaminated with hazardous levels of lead and arsenic.

  • Oct 2, 2016

Residents of contaminated East Chicago, Ind. complex sue city officials

Residents forced to move out of a northwest Indiana public housing complex because of high levels of lead in the soil are suing city officials and the companies they say are responsible.

  • Sep 16, 2016