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EPA floats tighter ethylene oxide standards and worker protections

The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing tighter limits on air emissions and new worker protections to reduce exposure to ethylene oxide, a colorless gas used to sterilize medical supplies and some food products that has been linked to cancer and other serious health conditions.

Tribune News Service · Apr 12, 2023

Calif. let polluters exceed EPA limits

Critics slam SoCal air regulator for adopting weak emissions rules for the potent carcinogen ethylene oxide

Salon · Feb 7, 2023

Southern California Regulators Let Industrial Polluters Exceed U.S. EPA Guidelines

Critics slam SoCal air regulator for adopting weak emissions rules for the potent carcinogen ethylene oxide.

Capital & Main · Feb 3, 2023

Jury says Sterigenics should pay $363 million to Illinois woman for exposing her to cancer-causing ethylene oxide

Sterigenics, its parent company and a corporate predecessor should pay $363 million in damages for exposing a Willowbrook, Illinois, woman and thousands of others to cancer-causing ethylene oxide pollution, a Cook County jury decided Monday.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 19, 2022

$363 million verdict in Sterigenics trial, Navy vet freed by Taliban and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 19, 2022

Sterigenics trial: $363 million verdict against Willowbrook company in first trial over toxic gas emissions

The verdict exceeded the $346 million that lawyers for plaintiff Sue Kamuda asked for in closing arguments Thursday against Sterigenics, parent company Sotera Health and its corporate predecessor Griffith Foods.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 19, 2022

Jury hears closing arguments in Sterigenics lawsuit, the first to go to trial since Willowbrook plant was closed in 2019

Plaintiff Sue Kamuda, who lived near the plant, is seeking a $21 million judgment against the medical supply sterilization company.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 15, 2022

Medical sterilizing facilities face growing scrutiny due to toxic gas concerns

LOS ANGELES — Southern California air regulators are investigating several facilities that sterilize medical equipment with a carcinogenic gas after preliminary monitoring confirmed their emissions may pose an elevated cancer risk to people who work nearby.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 10, 2022