Ethylene oxide air monitoring near Gurnee, Waukegan concludes
The Lake County Health Department, Gurnee and Waukegan have received final results from the last phase of outdoor air monitoring for ethylene oxide near Vantage Specialty Chemicals in Gurnee and Medline Industries in Waukegan.
Testing began April 4, with samples collected from 12 sites every third day over 30 days, ending May 2. Six hundred six samples were collected throughout the program, with an additional 54 samples collected by Medline and Vantage. Results are available at www.lakecountyil.gov/eto.
Over the next several months, federal and state agencies will conduct health risk assessment and cancer incidence studies for Lake County based on the results.
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