EPA Evacuating Lead-Poisoned East Chicago, Indiana
August 23, 2016
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Thanks to our awesome fans, TYT Politics’ Jordan Chariton was tipped off about the massive levels of lead and arsenic in the city of East Chicago, Indiana. Now the EPA has begun work to evacuate families from toxic areas. Cenk Uygur,host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"After decades of nearby industrial pollution, residents of the West Calumet Housing Complex in East Chicago, Indiana, were abruptly warned that they must vacate their homes for demolition given hazardous levels of lead and arsenic in the soil.
More than 1,000 residents of the 346-unit public housing complex were told last month by the city of East Chicago that they must find new housing, as the city planned to demolish all dwellings in the complex. Just days before, the city said residents would only have to temporarily relocate based on a US Environmental Protection Agency finding that soil around the complex contained toxic levels of lead and arsenic since at least 2014. Plans to remove the soil dated back to 2012.
"Somebody dropped the ball somewhere," state Sen. Lonnie Randolph of East Chicago told the Associated Press of shock among residents as warnings of toxicity rapidly escalated. "Maybe it was intentional, or maybe by mistake. Maybe it was negligence...
East Chicago has promised housing vouchers to help pay for rent at new homes, but residents, all of whom are seeking housing all at once, have few attractive options.””*
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