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EPA reports have some wondering about need for stricter EtO standards
As medical sanitization facilities close, numbers indicate chemical is all around us.
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Industry leader cites bad science as Sterigenics throws in towel in Willowbrook fight
A massive over assessment of risk from a U.S. EPA regulated compound, ethylene oxide (EO), has driven Sterigenics, a medical sterilization company, out of Willowbrook, says Mark Biel, chief executive officer of the Chemical Industry Council of Illinois.
Government
EPA estimates of risk from ethylene oxide greatly overblown, Texas environmental regulators say
Texas officials have a much different take on the latent dangers of a chemical compound, ethylene oxide (EO), at the center of Willowbrook's Sterigenics dispute.
Business
Sterigenics lawsuits media driven, not fact driven, air quality expert says
Thirty-two injury lawsuits were filed this week against a Willowbrook company, Sterigenics, with a sterling record of complying with emission rules set down by state and federal law.
Business
Sterigenics fallout could trigger media/mob attacks against other businesses, air quality expert warns
One disturbing takeaway from the year-long mob and media assault on Sterigenics, the Willowbrook plant that sterilizes medical equipment, is that it leaves hundreds of other businesses in DuPage County alone vulnerable to the same contrived, targeted campaign, says air quality expert and author Rich Trzupek.
Business
Motor vehicles cited as sources in new ethylene oxide study; health risk re-assessed
The results of new studies into sources of and the potential dangers from ethylene oxide (EtO) gas identify motor vehicles as a primary source of the gas, an entirely different story than media reports over potential health risks from the detection of the gas near the Sterigenics plant in Willowbrook.
Business
Unfounded scare over Sterigenics results in shortage of breathing tubes for children
A medical breathing tube most suitable for children is in short supply due to the shutdown of the Sterigenics plant in Willowbrook, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in a statement.
Business
Sterigenics helps prevent death, not a cause of it, scientists say
The Sterigenics plant in Willowbrook has made plenty of headlines over the detection of ethylene oxide (EtO), used by the plant to sterilize medical equipment, in local air samples. While news reports have linked exposure to the gas to a higher risk of contracting cancer, company officials and independent air quality experts have repeatedly said that the trace levels of EtO detected in the air, some of it almost certainly from vehicle exhaust and other sources, pose no health risk to area residents.
Government
Tribune reporter Hawthorne, criticized by many for his Sterigenics coverage, is up for a Lisagor award
An air-quality expert and frequent critic of Michael Hawthorne’s reporting on the environment told DuPage Policy Journal that he wasn’t surprised the Chicago Tribune staffer was a finalist for a regional journalism award for his coverage of Sterigenics, the Willowbrook plant that uses ethylene oxide (EtO) gas to sterilize medical equipment.
Business
News reports more of a threat to public than Sterigenics, air quality expert says
The Chicago Tribune distorted EPA findings of ethylene oxide (EO) emissions from Sterigenics to fit a predetermined conclusion concerning the level of danger from the plant, according to Rich Trzupek, a Heartland Institute policy advisor on the environment and energy.
Government
Scientist says 'reprehensible' coverage of Sterogenics emissions caused needless fear in community
Ambient air measurements for the carcinogen formaldehyde in the Schiller Park area during 2017 registered many times higher than a risk assessment threshold in the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), the standard used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). What does air quality expert and author Rich Trzupek think about that? Not much.