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East Chicago Lead Contamination

East Chicago residents head to Washington DC to take part in Climate Change march

Lakeshore Public Media | By Steven Lattimore
Published May 1, 2017 at 10:57 PM CDT

Thousands turned out this weekend for the People's Climate Rally in Washington D.C. Among them were a bus-load of residents from East Chicago. Residents there are very concerned about the climate and the environment because they are dealing  with the effects of lead poisoning in the air, ground and water. 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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