The heat mapping study, dubbed Heat Watch Chicago, showed that neighborhoods on the city’s South Side were the hottest and residents there were the most vulnerable to extreme weather.
While newer residents unearth decades of contamination, some neighbors look forward to a planned public park at the former thorium factory.
West Chicago is cleaning up the last of its nuclear contamination. Residents exposed to radiation say ‘It’s not over.’
Lack of transparency and concerns over environmental racism are fueling backlash to a waste transfer station in majority Latino West Chicago.
