The deadline is looming for families in a lead-contaminated public housing complex to find new homes, but they don't have many affordable options.

Of the more than 20,000 water service lines throughout the northern Indiana city, officials suspect around 147 are lead-based.

A new lawsuit is the first to single out DuPont and Atlantic Richfield, two chemical companies that have taken on legally responsibility for the hazards.

The Indiana State Department of Health is opening what it calls a "one-stop shop" that, in addition to lead testing, will provide residents with a voucher for a state ID and free help finding birth certificates and health insurance.

Lead contamination is the most serious in young children. Because they're still growing, lead is more easily absorbed into their bodies which can delay neurological functions and cause learning and behavioral problems.

Soil samples at East Chicago's Carrie Gosch Elementary School tested at dangerous lead levels. So the decision was made to move the hundreds of students to a former middle school located across town.

Hundreds of families living in the West Calumet neighborhood have been told to find new homes by November.

Residents of the West Calumet Housing Complex are suing local officials as well as the private companies responsible for cleaning the neighborhood's lead polluted soil.

The northwest Indiana district will use the $3 million loan to pay for renovations that took place before school started and remaining construction, remodeling and repair.

Currently, there is no set protocol for handling a lead contamination crisis in a school.