Chicago Department Of Public Health Faces Capacity Hurdles With Environmental Inspections – Block Club Chicago

Chicago Department Of Public Health Faces Capacity Hurdles With Environmental Inspections – Block Club Chicago

CDPH is the city’s main environmental regulator, granting operating permits, conducting inspections, and issuing citations for environmental ordinance violations. CDPH Commissioner Dr. Olusimbo Ige says the department only had three inspectors - and that most inspections happened in high-income areas of the city because most of the complaints they received were from those areas.