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Duckworth, Durbin taking advantage of Willowbrook scare

The general elections are over, but elected officials are still getting plenty of play out of a false alarm in the Willowbrook area over reports, since retracted, that unhealthy levels of a gas are being released from a local business, Sterigenics.

December 2, 2018

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Legislation targeting ethylene oxide (EO)/Sterigenics likely off until next session; new testing shows normal EO levels

Legislation filed in the General Assembly in reaction to a near panic in the Willowbrook area stemming from faulty reports of unhealthy levels of the gas, ethylene oxide (EO), is unlikely to see action this year, industry sources told the DuPage Policy Journal.

November 28, 2018