Wanda Torres lives about a mile away from the Gary Works steel plant - now owned by Nippon Steel. She says the soot from the plant is constant. Her daughter had to leave town and cannot visit due to asthma.

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He speaks with respect for the industry and gratitude for the opportunities it created, but does not romanticise it. Tribble wants Nippon Steel to modernise steelmaking at Gary, not wind it down.

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She neither drinks nor smokes, yet in 2016 she was diagnosed with tongue cancer. Doctors told her environmental factors likely contributed.

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