A federal plan to invest an additional $1 billion in the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to clean up toxic pollution in the Great Lakes region was recently
Pollution hot spots including toxic dumping grounds that still feed into Lake Michigan are among the sites that stand to benefit from a $1 billion boost in funding for cleaning
The Grand Calumet, which includes the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal, still hosts sediment containing likely carcinogens, heavy metals and various toxins that threaten humans and wildlife and flows into Lake Michigan.