Judge dismisses medical monitoring suit versus Union Carbide

A judge has dismissed a federal class-action lawsuit against Union Carbide seeking medical monitoring damages in response to emissions of carcinogenic ethylene oxide from chemical manufacturing operations in South Charleston, West Virginia. Ethylene oxide has driven up the area's cancer risk.

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