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

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

Hundreds of thousands of residents are served by the affected systems. City officials must monitor and mitigate the PFAS in ...

More than 20 Illinois communities have contaminated groundwater, according to the state's Environmental Protection Agency. Here's where the contamination was found. Skip Navigation ...

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The state isn’t doing enough to close that gap, according to Brian Urbaszewski, director of environmental health programs at Respiratory Health Association, a Chicago-based public health nonprofit.

Illinois water systems keep fluoride levels at 0.7 parts per million and are required to notify customers when levels exceed 2 milligrams per liter, according to the Illinois Environmental ...

After years of cuts, the agency’s budget has doubled since 2020. But its new director will face challenges due to policy differences with the incoming Trump administration.