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High lead and arsenic levels found in East Chicago 31 years ago

By Nick Janzen, IPB News | Published on in Uncategorized

Government officials first found high levels of lead and arsenic at an East Chicago lead smelting plant in 1985. Thirty years later, after countless soil samples and elevated blood lead level tests, clean-up has begun. Why did it take so long? Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Nick Janzen reports this timing is actually par for the course.