The Chicago Housing Authority must pay more than $24 million to two residents who sued over alleged lead paint poisoning of their two children, a Cook County jury decided Wednesday. The case ...

and young children are especially vulnerable to lead poisoning. The frequentness of lead in everyday life may come as a surprise, especially because "by the 1990s, nearly every country had ...

The city is continuing its effort to inventory lead service lines as part of a requirement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that went into effect last year. The city public works departme ...