Willowbrook Business
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Residents still 'super angry' as Sterigenics closes Willowbrook plant for goodSep 30, 2019 1:00 am - For a day, Willowbrook residents let themselves celebrate after months of being worried sick about pollution coming from a plant whose company announced Monday it would ...
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Yingling bill to target use of ethylene oxideSep 09, 2019 1:00 am - State Rep. Sam Yingling plans to introduce legislation banning the use of the cancer-causing gas ethylene oxide as a sterilizer and significantly capping its use in manu...
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Suburban Republican files bill to ban ethylene oxide emissionsJul 30, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A suburban state senator filed legislation Tuesday that would ban emissions of a known cancer-causing gas in Illinois by 2022. It also, he hopes, would dec...
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Sterigenics plant in Willowbrook to stay closed until at least SeptemberJul 24, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A court decision on whether a suburban medical supply sterilization company linked to increased cancer rates will be allowed to reopen will be delayed five...
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Suburban Republicans object to Sterigenics settlementJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A group of suburban Republican lawmakers is calling on state and local officials to reverse course on a consent order that would allow a sterilization comp...
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Sterigenics poised to reopen plant once it adds emission equipmentJul 17, 2019 1:00 am - The operator of a closed Willowbrook plant where medical instruments were sterilized with a cancer-causing chemical has reached an agreement with the state that will all...
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Willowbrook shopping center sells for $5.8 millionJul 01, 2019 1:00 am - WILLOWBROOK - Commercial real estate investment firm Marcus & Millichap brokered the sale of Willow Commons, a 58,497-square foot retail property in Willowbrook, for $5....
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EPA says it may have overstated carcinogenic gas levels at SterigenicsNov 21, 2018 12:00 am - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it may have overstated the emissions of a cancer-causing gas from a Willowbrook plant that sterilizes medical instruments. ...
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Government lawsuit alleges air pollution violations at SterigenicsOct 30, 2018 1:00 am - Attorney General Lisa Madigan and DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin filed suit Tuesday against Sterigenics U.S. LLC, alleging air pollution violations due to ...
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Accusations fly as residents near Sterigenics fear chemical exposureOct 26, 2018 1:00 am - Willowbrook residents described sick children gasping for air and a disconnected government at a hearing Friday concerning the Sterigenics company, which officials are i...