Legislators passed a 2017 law that required many Illinois schools to test their water for brain-damaging lead. But flaws in oversight and in the law itself have weakened efforts to identify lead contamination and protect children. Read our investigation:
Most Illinois public schools that tested samples from sinks and fountains for lead as required by a 2017 state law found traces of the toxic metal lurking in children’s drinking water, a Tribune investigation has found.
Lead is particularly destructive to young children but also poses risks for adults, especially pregnant people. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, no amount of lead is safe to be in the human body.
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