House Bill 3508 would require the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and state fire marshal to create a “take-back program” for firefighting foam that contains perfluoroalkyl and poly ...

A pair of new reports document how funding for the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency steadily declined during the past decade, dropping by more than 25% in inflation-adjusted dollars as the ...

More than 20 Illinois communities have contaminated groundwater, according to the state's Environmental Protection Agency. Here's where the contamination was found. Skip Navigation ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) – Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has completed a statewide sampling to investigate the prevalence and occurrence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS ...

Medline Industries, in the northern Illinois city of Waukegan, releases the same ethylene oxide as Sterigenics with some 19,000 people, the EPA reports, living within the cancer risk zone near it.

PFAS alert issued The Illinois Department of Public Health is advising private well owners to check if they are in the vicinity of community water systems that have shown elevated levels of one or ...

In addition to the Illinois Department of Public Health, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and Shelby County Health Department are assisting in the investigation.