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East Chicago Lead Contamination

Air Force Recruiters Donate Water to Help EC Residents Dealing with Lead Crisis

Lakeshore Public Media | By Steven Lattimore
Published April 26, 2017 at 10:25 PM CDT

Another day, another water drive in East Chicago. The crisis is moving people from all over Northwest Indiana to come to the aid of residents in the Calumet neighborhood of East Chicago. Lakeshore Public Radio's Steven Lattimore has the story.
 
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Steven Lattimore
Columbia College Alumni Steven Lattimore has been a broadcast journalist since 1988, starting his career in Greenville, Mississippi as a television reporter.
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