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Tag: Illinois

Brain-damaging lead in tap water, hundreds of homes across Chicago
May 20, 2018

Brain-damaging lead in tap water, hundreds of homes across Chicago

After city testing found high lead levels in the tap water in her Chicago home, Jenny Abrahamian decided to install...

Can a Wetland Help a Farm? Ask These Family Farmers
May 3, 2018

Can a Wetland Help a Farm? Ask These Family Farmers

The Mackinaw River on Franklin Demonstration Farm in central Illinois. Photo © Cristina Rutter for The Nature Conservancy In the...

Chicago Tap Water Tested Positive for Brain Damaging Lead
April 16, 2018

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
April 14, 2018

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...

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February 4, 2018

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...

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