CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago received a $336 million federal investment to help replace dangerous lead water pipes in the city. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth joined Mayor Brandon Johnson and ...

CHICAGO -- Even though lead in drinking water damages children's development, the Environmental Protection Agency has forced very few cities to replace their lead pipes. Consider Chicago, with more ...

A few months before Doris Summerville was planning to open an at-home day care in her Maywood home, she discovered she had a lead service line. If not for plumbing problems, Summerville might not have ...

Chicago has a lead pipe problem. It has for decades. But now, the city’s sluggish, outdated approach to fixing it is looking more and more like a public health failure in the making — one that’s ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The City of Chicago says its drinking water is safe, but announced a new plan Thursday to replace lead pipes in Chicago which could pose a risk. There are about 380,000 lead service ...

As Gina Ramirez buckled her 11-year-old son into her car for their drive to school, she handed him a plastic water bottle. “I would love to be able to have him put a cup under the tap if he was ...

This story is a partnership between Grist, Inside Climate News, and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region. For years, Chicago has been struggling to replace its lead ...

As Gina Ramirez buckled her 11-year-old son into her car last month for their daily drive to school, she handed him a plastic water bottle. “I would love to be able to have him put a cup under the tap ...

The city estimates that about 412,000 out of roughly 491,000 water service lines require replacement because they are known or suspected to contain lead. That’s the most of any city in the country.

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