Though lead testing cost local school districts thousands of dollars each, superintendents say the efforts were well worth the price — and some schools might already be compliant under the new law. The Illinois Department of Public Health will accept results from tests conducted after 2013, according to Jen Walling, executive director of the Illinois Environmental Council.
Clean water advocates say new law will protect drinking water from PFAS contamination
August 18, 2025
Gov. JB Pritzker has signed legislation that clean water advocates say will reduce toxic water pollution. The PFAS Reduction Act will phase out the use of manufactured per- and