On a nearly abandoned street, a single house shows signs of life in the West Calumet Housing Complex home. In July 2016, nearly 1,200 people in the West Calumet neighborhood learned that children had blood-lead levels six times the Center for Disease Controlís recommendation for intervention. Housing and Urban Development had ruled that the residents could stay through the end of the school year, but residents learned earlier in the week that they had 14 days to evacuate their homes, which are located on a 79-acre superfund site where a USS Lead facility once stood.
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American industry disproportionately affects the health of minority and low-income communities, and East Chicago, Ind. ó known as the countryís ìmost industrialized municipalityî during the Industrial Revolution ó offers a view of environmental injustices emerging throughout the Rust Belt.