A Cook County jury this week awarded 70-year-old Sue Kamuda with a $363 million verdict after she sued medical supply sterilization company Sterigenics, alleging the company exposed…
SPRINGFIELD — A senior federal official stalled inspections by regional offices to monitor cancer-causing emissions at suburban facilities in Illinois, according to a report by the…
SPRINGFIELD — A strict ethylene oxide regulatory bill passed the state House Oct. 30 with no votes to spare and promises of further discussion and potential amendments in the Senate….
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency approved a construction permit Sept. 20 that will allow a medical supply sterilization plant linked to increased cancer…
SPRINGFIELD — A suburban state senator filed legislation Tuesday, July 30 that would ban emissions of a known cancer-causing gas in Illinois by 2022. It also, he hopes, would decrease…
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois’ top lawyer has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to enact more rigorous ethylene oxide emissions standards in the wake of pressure on the General…
SPRINGFIELD — Sterigenics, a medical supply sterilization company linked to increased cancer risk in the DuPage County area, said Sept. 30 it plans to “exit its ethylene oxide sterilization…
SPRINGFIELD — A DuPage County judge approved a consent order Friday, Sept. 6 that will allow Sterigenics, a medical supply sterilization company linked to increased cancer rates in…
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