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Illinois Attorney General urges Congress to block halt of health research, protections
The Illinois Attorney General led a coalition in urging Congress to block the stoppage of health impact research, backed by ...
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EPA announces 47 Illinois communities with contaminated groundwater
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is warning communities across the state of drinking water contamination. The EPA ...
Howard Learner: This Earth Day, Illinois must step up to protect our core environmental values
Illinois, Chicago and other local governments must step up to advance environmental progress while the federal government ...
Forever chemical found at high levels in Edwardsville's groundwater
Samples from Edwardsville's groundwater had a forever chemical, or PFAS, at levels higher than legally allowed by federal ...
Illinois quick hits: PFAS found in water samples; AG awards funds from vaping settlement
PFAS are a group of several thousand human-made chemicals that are manufactured for their oil and water-resistant properties.
‘Forever chemicals’ found in some Rockford-area community water systems
"Elevated levels aren’t necessarily a cause for immediate concern, but it is something that you need to pay attention to." ...
On Earth Day, EPA union workers decry cuts to clean air and water regulations
Fifty-five years after the first Earth Day, Environmental Protection Agency employees and advocates call for help as the ...
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Illinois Supreme Court to Decide Whether Ethylene Oxide Emissions Qualify as Traditional Environmental Pollution
The question of whether ethylene oxide emissions constitute traditional environmental pollution for the purpose of interpreting commercial ...
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Edwardsville water customers to receive notice from Illinois EPA
The chemical perfluoroctanoic acid exceeded the IEPA groundwater quality standard and customers in the Madison County city ...