When Michael Flores paid $20,000 to remove asbestos from his attic, he didn’t expect to find the toxic material still there — ...

Often overlooked as a dimension of the health effects of war, the impacts of conflict on the environment are gaining increasing attention. Rebecca Sers reports.

Illinois is home to more than one million lead service lines, the highest state total in the nation. While efforts to replace ...

Dr. Susan Buchanan, Clinical Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of ...

Another round of excessive heat is on the way through much of the United States next week, with heat indices predicted to reach 110 degrees Fahrenheit ...

They want the fossil fuel industry — instead of Illinois taxpayers — held responsible for funding green, resilient ...

According to Paul Spiewak, tech team leader for Lake Lovers, many of the county’s lakes are considered impaired due to high ...

Gov. JB Pritzker should sign a bill that permits a person filing a case in an Illinois court to include out-of-state ...

Thousands of Americans have been warned that their drinking water has elevated levels of a contaminant, lead, posing a ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WSIL) -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has declared the measles outbreak in Southern Illinois over, following two incubation periods without new cases.

With no new measles cases identified in Illinois since May 22, health officials have declared the measles outbreak over, the Illinois Department of Public Health announced Friday.

Attorney General Raoul joins 20 attorneys general in an amicus brief against the EPA's termination of an environmental justice grant program.