East Chicago

Residents in the USS Lead Superfund site in East Chicago are worried that flooding in May could have recontaminated their homes with arsenic and lead. At…

A zoning change for part of the USS Lead Superfund site likely means less arsenic and lead contaminated soil will get cleaned up there. On Monday, the…

People who live in polluted areas — like near coal plants and big cities — are more likely to have the underlying heart and lung conditions that put them…

An industrial company will be the deciding factor in how well — and how fast — some East Chicago arsenic and lead contamination gets cleaned up. The…

Residents at East Chicago, Indiana’s toxic Superfund site got an opportunity Wednesday to voice their concerns on the Environmental Protection Agency…

The Environmental Protection Agency’s internal watchdog will host a listening session in East Chicago, Indiana, Wednesday on the group’s communication to…

The Environmental Protection Agency’s internal watchdog wants to hear from East Chicago residents about how well the agency communicates information on…

Every month, the news team at 89.1 WBOI covers events in northeast Indiana and around the state. This week on WBOI Presents, we are taking a look back…

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…

Latasha Marshall waits for a cab. She sits in the lobby of a Hilton Garden Inn, which serves as her living room this week. The Environmental Protection…