The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has been calm during the ongoing Sterigenics ethylene-oxide-emissions controversy, the national EPA not so much and the residents of Willowbrook should breathe easy, an air quality specialist said during a recent radio interview.
Evidence is piling up that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) owes residents in the Willowbrook area a public apology for discredited claims that elevated levels of the gas ethylene oxide (EO) placed the community at higher risk for cancer and other illnesses.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it incorrectly reported a Willowbrook company was emitting unsafe levels of a chemical, falsely claiming it could cause cancer.