A federal district judge ordered a Georgia county to temporarily lift all limits on a medical sterilizer company’s use of the carcinogen ethylene oxide to help clean medical equipment.
Judge William M. Ray II of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on Wednesday issued a temporary restraining order to Cobb County’s Nicholas Dawe, the fire marshal, and Kevin Gobble, the chief building manager. The judge is still reviewing the lawsuit Sterigenics U.S. LLC filed against the county on March 30.
The company alleged Cobb County illegally prevented it from using its plant to “provide FDA-approved sterilizations ...
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