More than a thousand people in east chicago, indiana are scrambling to find new homes. Their entire neighborhood is contaminated with led and arsenic. The federal government knew about this for years, but apparently no one told the residents until recently. Reporter ana had her 3yearold son screened for led today. They just moved to the east chicago area and she wanted to make sure he was okay. So far hes safe. Not the case for 2yearold samyra allen who are six times higher than normal. Her parents have lived here for six years. They say all five of their childrens led levels are in the danger zone. I mean we are walking and living in poison. So, i feel like they should be taking this a lot more serious. Reporter in 2008, the environment l pal protection ag declared it a contaminated Super Fund Site build on top of an old led refinery and addressed clean up options with the city and it wasnt until may this year, six years later that the epa shared alarming contamination levels with the
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Infrastructure. Anthony fox, who took the first flight, expects that to change. Getting the infrastructure in a place to take this responsibility is require effort on the part of the cubans. Reporter she wanted to see cuba as it is now before the rest of america arrives. We wanted to get there while it was still raw. Reporter and when we talk about tourist infrastructure, there arent a lot of hotels in santa clara. Not a lot of mass transit and take the runway at the airport. Theres about 500 feet that were told is out of service. Our pilots said there was a ended. A community of neighbors in, indiana are being forced to leave their homes. The epa has placed signs at a housing complex warning not to play in the dirt. Reporter this housing complex was on top of what used to be a led refinery. Well, now more than four decade later, at least 1,000 people are being forced to vacate. Im angry because my family just got poisoned on someone else being negligent. Reporter each of charles and c
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