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A visit to the third body of water in Lake County, IN named “George” and the chance for an impromptu and very general overview about lead contamination in the area around the old Federated Metals site near the Hammond/Whiting border.
For more in depth sources:
I would first recommend Walk-able Ride-able Robertsdale and Whiting by resident David Dabertin.
Links to recent journalism:
Dead Swans With High Lead Levels Found In Hammond | Indiana Public Media
indianapublicmedia.org/news/d...
Tragedy At Federated Metals In 1949 - Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society
www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/t...
Federated Metals property designated a Superfund site (NWI TIMES)
www.nwitimes.com/news/local/l...
Residents living near superfund site share frustrations (NWI TIMES)
www.nwitimes.com/news/local/l...
Pride and Pollutants: Federated Metals
blog.history.in.gov/pride-and...
The Politics of Pollution in “The Region”
blog.history.in.gov/tag/lake-...