lead

“Any home built before 1978, and if they have a child under the age of 6 living there or visiting. And it is geared towards low-income families. If any of those aspects qualify them, then we can go out there and do that.”

"Many of the pediatricians we were talking to, not all of them were aware of the policy changes and not all of them were aware of the effects of lead.”

Schools had to tell parents if levels exceeded a certain threshold. But they weren't mandated to fix any lead issue. They didn't have to test before 2017 and haven't had to since.

DeKalb and Sycamore schools are finishing up necessary repairs on their water fixtures. That’s after some buildings had traces of lead in the water…