After city testing found high lead levels in the tap water in her Chicago home, Jenny Abrahamian decided to install...
Chicago Tap Water Tested Positive for Brain Damaging Lead
Water upgrades (Cheryl Corley/NPR) A severe amount of poisonous lead was located in the water of nearly 70% of Chicago...
Lead found in hundreds of Chicago homes’ tap water, report says
Click through for CNN video report: What is lead poisoning? 01:12 (CNN) Toxic lead was found in tap water drawn...
Toxic waste from coal ash pits leaching into Illinois’ only National Scenic River
Toxic coal ash waste can be seen leaking into the Middle Fork of the Vermilion River. (Prairie Rivers Network) Seven...
Controversial insecticides pervasive in Great Lakes tributaries
A variety of neonicotinoids—harmful to aquatic organisms—are reported in major Great Lakes streams U.S. scientists found neonicotinoid insecticides in about...