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A report by the CDC found people living within 1 mile of the Sterigenics Willowbrook facility while it operated do have a higher lifetime cancer risk.
The first ethylene oxide trial went to verdict in September 2022, and a Cook County Illinois jury awarded $363 million to a plaintiff who alleged that she developed breast cancer as a result of ethylene oxide emissions from the Sterigenics Willowbrook plant.
On January 9, 2023, Sotera Health Company announced it reached agreements to settle more than 870 ethylene-oxide cases pending against its subsidiaries, including Sterigenics, in the...
The first Ethylene Oxide trial resulted in a $363 million verdict for a plaintiff who alleged her breast cancer was caused by excessive exposure to EtO from nearby facility. On November 18, 2022, the second case to go to trial resulted in a defense verdict.
Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA is to conduct technology reviews of its air toxics standards every eight years. The EPA is eight years overdue in issuing new emissions standards for sterilization facilities. Environmentalist groups announced intent to sue the EPA.