March 4, 2025 | Action Alert
Illinois families, children, and ecosystems face increasing risks from pesticide exposure. Toxic chemicals drift away from their application sites risking exposure to children outdoors at schools, parks, and neighborhoods…
Herbicides
April was for Saving Our Trees – but it Doesn’t End There
April 19, 2024 | Blog Post
If you were around Champaign-Urbana during the month of April, chances are you came across something from the Save Our Trees campaign. Together with the Save Our Trees Coalition…
Expanding Testing for Herbicide Drift
December 20, 2023 | Blog Post
Pesticide pollution comes in many forms, and one type, herbicide drift, threatens our water across the state.
Danville Paper Publishes Prairie Rivers Network’s Guest Commentary on Atrazine
Danville’s drinking water supply, Lake Vermilion, has too much atrazine. Atrazine is an herbicide that is applied to corn fields in the spring. Some of that atrazine makes its way into ditches and streams that ultimately flow into the lake. Consequently, there are times following application when the water treatment plant owned by Aqua Illinois […]
