In The News
2023
- Chicago, HUD settle environmental racism case as Lori Lightfoot leaves office
- IN WOODLAWN, NAOMI DAVIS PLANTED A SEED THAT NOW WILL HELP FIND GREEN SOLUTIONS TO AID BLACK COMMUNITIES
- Toxic Acme site on Southeast Side picked for EPA Superfund cleanup
- Chicago-area residents to test water for study by NU
- Johnson unveils reforms to fi ght environmental racism
- We need more action to get the lead out of Little Village drinking water
- EU’s executive arm prolongs use of controversial herbicide
- EPA offers $2B in grants to clean up pollution
- EPA pushes to replace all lead pipe within 10 years
- Officials: Pollution report is just first step
2022
- Stop producing ‘forever chemicals’ says Illinois Environmental Council
- City should address peeling lead-based paint in Southwest Side viaducts
- Opening arguments made in first case alleging pollution from Sterigenics caused cancer and other diseases
- Researchers urge doctors to test patients for toxic forever chemicals, which could cost Americans nearly $63 billion in hidden health costs
- Forever chemicals: They’re in your drinking water and likely your food. Read the Tribune investigation
- Environmental groups call for air monitoring, home air filtration systems in Little Village two years after botched implosion
- Feds slam Chicago for locating polluters in poor and minority neighborhoods, threaten to block millions in aid
- 22-pound invasive silver carp removed from Lake Calumet, just miles from Lake Michigan
- Seven months before smokestack’s botched implosion smothered Little Village in dust, Chicago city inspector issued dire warning
- Judge rejects bid to force Arwady deposition in General Iron case
- In Southwest Side viaducts, peeling paint contains toxic levels of lead. But is it a hazard?
- City should address peeling lead-based paint in Southwest Side viaducts
2021
- NIEHS 2021 Grantee Highlights: Mary Turyk, PhD
- Toxic Metals Study Examines Kids’ Toenails on Chicago’s Southeast Side
- S.H. Bell Gets Deadline Extension for Manganese Dust-Control Plan
- S.H. Bell Must ‘Reduce or Eliminate’ Manganese Emissions, Says City
- EPA: S.H. Bell in Violation of Manganese Emission Standard
- Chicago Expands Investigation of Manganese Sources on Southeast Side
- Durbin to CDC: Investigate Manganese Risks on Chicago’s Southeast Side
- Lead in East Chicago, Indiana
- Chicago Looks to Ban Future Manganese Operations
- How about a little respect for the homely Calumet River and the 10th Ward?
- Newsmakers Making A Difference: Peggy Salazar, Southeast Environmental Task Force
- Chicagoans Battle Manganese Dust Pollution (Video)
- UIC Professor Developing Finger-Prick Blood Test for Toxic Metals
- In Chicago, a river revitalized — but not for everyone
- EPA Plans $1.3M Cleanup of Manganese-Contaminated Soil on Southeast Side
- Lightfoot cracks down on North Side scrap shredder, suggesting the chronic polluter’s clout at City Hall is evaporating
- Health disparities are warning about future