Environment Archives - The Chicago Reporter https://www.chicagoreporter.com/category/key-issue/environment/ Investigating race and poverty since 1972 Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:14:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/logo-1-reverse-1-150x150-1.png Environment Archives - The Chicago Reporter https://www.chicagoreporter.com/category/key-issue/environment/ 32 32 163009088 Chicago-based Organization works to combat outsized effect of lead drinking water contamination impacting daycare centers https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-based-organization-works-to-combat-outsized-effect-of-lead-drinking-water-contamination-impacting-daycare-centers/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-based-organization-works-to-combat-outsized-effect-of-lead-drinking-water-contamination-impacting-daycare-centers/#respond Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:14:40 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=7846854 Elevate, a Chicago-based nonprofit, continues its work to deliver lead-free water to children in underserved communities. The organization tackles elevated lead levels in municipal drinking water with the highest levels occurring in communities of color. Water levels in Chicago-area homes must meet the Environmental Protection Agency action level of 15 parts of lead per billion […]

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-based-organization-works-to-combat-outsized-effect-of-lead-drinking-water-contamination-impacting-daycare-centers/feed/ 0 7846854 Neighborhood Poverty Impedes Cognitive Development https://www.chicagoreporter.com/neighborhood-poverty-impedes-cognitive-development/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/neighborhood-poverty-impedes-cognitive-development/#respond Wed, 28 Dec 2022 12:10:10 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=7846360 The United States stands out among economically advanced democracies for the depth and expanse of its poverty. Concentrated poverty in particular is among its most disturbing and persistent problems. The problem deepened in recent decades as income inequality increased and lower-income families became more spatially isolated from those with higher incomes. Analysis by the American […]

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