Sterigenics U.S. LLC announced Sept. 30 it will permanently shut its Willowbrook, Ill., medical sterilization facility after a bitter fight with Illinois residents and lawmakers over the plant’s ethylene oxide emissions.
The Willowbrook plant was shut down by a Feb. 15 court order that claimed the company violated the state’s Environmental Protection Act by emitting harmful levels of ethylene oxide. But a DuPage County judge Sept. 6 approved a consent order between the company and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul (D) that paved the way for the plant to reopen.
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency then approved Sept. 20 a ...
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