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Day 3: West Calumet Housing Development Demolition: East Chicago

April 4, 2018 boiarsc

It took only 3 days to demolish the entire section of an apartment complex.    High piles of rubble have…

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Posted in: East Chicago, Lead Contamination, soil contamination, West Calumet Housing Development

Demolition of East Chicago Housing Development–Day 2

April 3, 2018 boiarsc

The demolition continues. The debris from the row of garden apartments at the far rear of the development which was…

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DEMOLITION BEGINS IN EAST CHICAGO

April 2, 2018 boiarsc

The staging was set. Trucks were in place. A fire hose stretched from a hydrant at the school all the…

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Posted in: East Chicago, Lead Contamination, Uncategorized

East Chicago Lead Contamination: Summary

March 28, 2018 boiarsc

In late summer of 2016, lead was reported in the soil under the residences located in a housing development in…

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Posted in: East Chicago, EPA, Lead Contamination, soil contamination, Uncategorized Filed under: East Chicago, Lead Contamination

West Calumet Housing Development set for demolition

March 27, 2018 boiarsc

According to an article in the Northwest Indiana Times, demolition of the West Calumet Housing Development is set to begin…

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Posted in: East Chicago, Lead Contamination, soil contamination, West Calumet Housing Development

Evacuation of East Chicago Housing Development Completed

March 16, 2018 boiarsc

It was like standing in front of a concentration camp or perhaps Chernobyl. Eerily silent. Fencing all around, barbed wire…

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Posted in: East Chicago, EPA, Lead Contamination, soil contamination, Uncategorized

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