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Check Chicago’s beach advisories before you swim
Watch for swim advisories at your favorite Chicago beach before heading into the water.
If we want a greener, healthier world we need to protect our rivers, lakes and streams.
Clean water is vital to ecosystems, to our health, and our quality of life. But too many of our rivers, lakes and streams are vulnerable to pollution. This pollution, along with outdated infrastructure – like lead pipes in our schools – puts our health at risk. We need to work together to protect our waters.
Watch for swim advisories at your favorite Chicago beach before heading into the water.
EPA lists two toxic PFAS chemicals under Superfund law
The EPA finalized six limits on PFAS chemicals in drinking water and released $1 billion in bipartisan infrastructure law funding to address PFAS contamination.
Texas is number one for water pollution, with slaughterhouses major contributor
Groups representing millions of parents and teachers joined environmental and public health advocates to urge the EPA to get the lead out of drinking water at schools and child care centers.