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Editorial: Lessons from the Sterigenics case. Why allow harmful emissions so close to homes and...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor years, everyone who lived around the Sterigenics plant in southwest suburban Willowbrook —...
EPA moves to set stricter rules for Sterigenics, other sterilization companies using cancer-causing...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoCHICAGO — Nearly two decades after federal scientists concluded ethylene oxide is far more dangerous...
Sterigenics settles hundreds of ethylene oxide lawsuits for $408 million after jury hit company with...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSlapped with the largest jury verdict for an individual in Cook County, Sterigenics agreed Monday to settle scores of other lawsuits accusing the company of poisoning the west suburbs for decades ...
EPA issues new rule, Families said fight to stop medical supply sterilization plant not over
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFamilies said a new EPA rule will not stop their fight to shut down a Cobb County plant that sterilizes medical supplies. Sterigenics is located near Interstate 285 and Cumberland Pkwy. It uses ...
Fighting toxic air pollution
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoUrszula Tanouye had no idea that she was breathing in toxic air pollution until a friend sent her a link to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)...
Four Vinings homeowners sue Sterigenics over alleged drop in property values
Marietta Daily Journal, Ga. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 31—An Atlanta-area law firm has filed four new lawsuits against Sterigenics over the impact of the company's Smyrna plant on surrounding property values. The firm indicated that hundreds ...
Sterilizer plants release a cancer-causing gas. The Biden administration will make them cut those...
The Hill via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe Biden administration is cutting down on emissions of a cancer-causing chemical released by...
To fight cancer, EPA wants sterilizer companies to emit less
AP Finance via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoThe Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed limiting the use of the chemical ethylene...
Daywatch: Amid mounting pushback, drag queens push forward
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGood morning, Chicago. In 2020, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development identified 5,390 people experiencing homelessness in Chicago. But in a new report, the Chicago Coalition ...
