These Indiana Residents Were Forced To Vacate Their Homes Due To High Lead Levels (HBO)

Arielle Duhaime-Ross travels to East Chicago, Indiana where residents are being forced to relocate because of toxic levels of lead in their soil.

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[QuandaTube]

The same thing happened in my community in South Florida. A lake and the surrounding area was polluted by a municipal incinerator dump. The city knew of the contamination and they covered the dirt around the lake with clay to try to conceal the dioxins. My best friend and I used to play with that clay. If I would've known why it was there, I would not have. We both recently had kidney failure. I know several other people from the area that developed auto immune diseases, cancer and kidney disease. It's a travesty!

[Mrwhale]

Well at least we will have the EPA around to warn about these things in the wait

[pevlez]

remember when vice news used to post actual news rather than comercials for their HBO show?, those were the days

[phantomthiefirwin]

Does anyone else think that Arielle Duhaime-Ross looks like Rachel Maddow?

[jeremyreff]

I'm from there, I've been to the park that they showed in the intro, I have no words

[rurutuM]

don't worry, Ben Carson is head of HUD, he'll fix everything!

Symptom of lead poisoning: You get stupid. This explains a lot.

[UniversalPotentate]

Was the screen completely black for anyone else? I got no picture. No other videos on YouTube, including other Vice videos, are having this problem for me.

[DeJulius_Caesar]

Lead already got to them. The amount of grammar errors in that black lady's speech was appalling

[empiretotalwar]

I don't care much for Carbon tax but water need to be protected

[FreshLyte]

That Vice reporter..where do they find these GUYS? Regardless those pythons HE'S showing off look deadly. I wonder how often HE hits the gym?

[vladark]

I'm sure that new head of EPA will sort this out. A 100% sure of it. Trump promised new change !

[tgooding]

I'm wondering if they can clean the soil and what that would cost versus moving hundreds of people out to someplace that they have nowhere to go to. Damn governments been doing this for decades…

[allinlen]

Kids never play outside anymore anyways

[themiddleman]

Why does the chick still dress in her Halloween costume? I understand that she probably loves dressing up as a guy, but come on, it's already been a while.

[empiretotalwar]

I know lead is dangerous and it's a valuable resource so they should make it so they have less waist

[mrbdrm]

it's hard to concentrate on the subject.

[sena_]

Damn I wish them the best this is so sad

[shikasmat]

Am I the only one uncomfurtable watching this girl

[rayfordcarpathia]

I thought this was in Illinois the whole video.