The agency says it hasn't been able to get permission from property owners to test the soil.

A recent study found the blood lead levels of children living in the superfund site is higher than those living in other parts of the city.

The technical advisor could discuss important developments coming up like the EPA's proposed cleanup plan for the West Calumet Housing Complex.

The EPA says partial replacement doesn't reduce lead contamination and can sometimes make it worse.

The USDA says Lake County has 24 food deserts and 14 of them are in Gary.

Former East Chicago councilman Robert Battle plead guilty to discharging a firearm, causing death, in relation to a drug trafficking crime.

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to tighten restrictions on lead dust in homes. But it wouldn't affect those by Superfund sites like USS Lead in East Chicago.

A new study shows the historical blood lead levels of children in East Chicago's Superfund site remained higher than those in the rest of the city.

The Environmental Protection Agency says replacing only some of the lead pipes leading to a home doesn't reduce lead contamination in drinking water and can even make it worse when the old pipes are disturbed.

The plan presented Wednesday eliminates 170 of the county's 523 precincts, including 54 in Gary, 33 in Hammond and 14 in East Chicago.