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Every Chicago ZIP code appears on an Illinois Department of Public Health list requiring that children be tested for lead ...
(WIFR) - The Illinois Department of Public Health adds several stateline ZIP codes to its list of high-risk areas where lead exposure testing is required for children. Under Illinois law, all children ...
Any child living in a high-risk zip code must be tested automatically at 12 and 24 months, state officials said. This is done ...
The Illinois Department of Public Health has expanded its list of ZIP codes required to test for lead to include 180 new ZIP ...
On July 1, 148 new zip codes, representing 60 Illinois counties, were added to the list. That brings the total number of high risk zip codes up to almost 1,200. That number has been growing over ...
This year, the state added 148 more ZIP codes to the list of high-risk areas for lead exposure, including 19 in Cook County. That means a blood test for lead will be a new requirement for 1-, 2 ...
The Illinois Department of Public Health has expanded its list of high-risk ZIP codes for lead exposure, recommending mandatory testing for children under 12 living in those areas, with the goal ...
By this time next year, the state will require lead testing for all children statewide, the Illinois Department of Public Health says.