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Posts tagged Ethylene Oxide
Duckworth, Durbin call out EPA on EtO
Senators say proposed new rule on hazardous air pollutants ‘would allow highly elevated risks of cancer to persist’
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Ted CoxEtO Emissions, Ethylene Oxide, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Andrew Wheeler, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Stop EtO in Lake County, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals
AG Raoul joins calls for new EtO standards
Attorneys suing Sterigenics back stand, call it ‘critical and urgent public-health issue’
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Ted CoxSterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Stop EtO in Lake County, Kwame Raoul, Ethylene Oxide, EtO Emissions, EPA, Antonio Romanucci, Matt Haller, Matt Haller Act
UIC expert calls for Gurnee school to be protected from EtO
Dr. Susan Buchanan explains blood tests on Lake County residents
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Ted CoxCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Susan Buchanan, UIC, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Ethylene Oxide, EtO Emissions, Stop EtO in Lake County, Great Lakes Center for Children's Environmental Health, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Sterigenics
BGA confirms Trump EPA cut staff, investigations
Region 5 Great Lakes inspections have plummeted 60 percent under President Trump
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Ted CoxEPA, Donald Trump, BGA, EPA Region 5, Felicia Chase, Nicole Cantello, Jerry Costello, Cathy Stepp, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Ethylene Oxide, Sterigenics
Stop EtO asks Cullerton to advance phaseout bill
Duckworth, Durbin charge EPA is ‘rubber-stamping weak standards’ on ethylene oxide
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Ted CoxStop EtO, Stop Sterigenics, Stop EtO in Lake County, John Cullerton, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Ethylene Oxide, EtO Emissions, Sterigenics, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, J.B. Pritzker, John Curran, Melinda Bush, Jacqueline Collins, Syed Karim
CEJA could spur $39B investment
Clean energy would produce $6B in state, local tax revenue over 20 years, says new study
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Ted CoxClean Energy Jobs Act, CEJA, Accelerate Group, Cristina Castro, Ann Williams, Illinois Youth Climate Strike, Stop EtO in Lake County, Stop Sterigenics, Ethylene Oxide, EtO Emissions, J.B. Pritzker, Rita Mayfield, Clean Energy Jobs Coalition
AG Raoul defends state from Trump
Attorney general confronts feds on immigration, reproductive health, Obamacare, census, environment, EtO
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Kwame Raoul, Obamacare, ACA, Affordable Care Act, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Rights, Immigration, Ethylene Oxide, Sterigenics, U.S. Census, 2020 U.S. Census, Vaping, Teen Vaping, Illinois Opioid Epidemic, Opioid Crisis, Gun Control, Gun Laws, Gun Violence, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
House committee told to limit EtO statewide
Industry experts compare carcinogen to everyday food treatments for apples, pears, red meat
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Ted CoxEthylene Oxide, EtO Emissions, Rita Mayfield, Margaret Donnell, Stop Sterigenics, Stop EtO in Lake County, Jim Durkin, John Curran, Sterigenics, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, J.B. Pritzker, Lauren Kaeseberg, Tea Tanaka, Christian Mitchell, John Kim, IEPA, EPA, Bruce Rauner, Mark Biel, Kimberly White, Gail Charnley, Daniel Didech, Scott Pruitt, Andrew Wheeler
Duckworth: Lake County slighted on EtO
Senator says low-income ‘communities of color’ bear brunt of carcinogenic pollution
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Ted CoxStop EtO, Sterigenics, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Tammy Duckworth, Ethylene Oxide, EtO Emissions, Clean Power Lake County, Sierra Clubs Woods & Wetlands Group, Faith in Place, Tea Tanaka, EPA, Dick Durbin, Donald Trump, Barack Obama
Hundreds protest against Sterigenics reopening
‘We want them gone,’ says Stop Sterigenics, after ‘fairly contentious’ public meeting
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Sri Rao, Stop Sterigenics, Sterigenics, IEPA, Matt Haller, Colleen Haller, Kwame Raoul, Robert Berlin, John Curran, Ethylene Oxide, EtO Emissions
Congressional Dems renew call for revised EtO standards
Letter to EPA head says agency is ‘taking too long’
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Ted CoxEthylene Oxide, EtO Emissions, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, EPA, Andrew Wheeler, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Sean Casten, Bill Foster, Brad Schneider, Dan Lipinski, IEPA, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Jim Durkin
Pritzker signs bills applying 'tourniquet' on ethylene oxide
Lake County finds new EtO spike near Medline in Waukegan
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Ted CoxEthylene Oxide, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, J.B. Pritzker, Jim Durkin, Melinda Bush, Stop EtO, Matt Haller, Colleen Haller, IEPA, EPA, Tea Tanaka
EPA workers 'shackled' by Trump in enforcing EtO regulations
Groups blame lax EPA for cancer scare in Willowbrook, Lake County
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Ted CoxNicole Cantello, AFGE Local 704, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, EPA, IEPA, Ethylene Oxide, EtO Emissions, Donald Trump, Bill Wehrum, Andrew Wheeler, Bryce Hensley, Romanucci & Blandic, J.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, J, J.C. Kibbey, Natural Resources Defense Council, Illinois Environmental Council, Sri Rao, Colleen Smith
Court tosses Sterigenics suit
Federal judge dismisses Sterigenics case against IEPA, preserves seal order
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Ted CoxSterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Stop EtO, IEPA, EtO Emissions, Ethylene Oxide, John Kim, Lisa Madigan, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals
Congressional Dems call for EtO alternatives
Illinois State Medical Society also backs other, safer methods of sterilization
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Ted CoxTammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Lauren Underwood, Brad Schneider, Dan Lipinski, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Ethylene Oxide, EtO Emissions, FDA, IEPA, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Illinois State Medical Society
Stop EtO calls protest in Lake County
Grassroots group raises concerns over ethylene-oxide emissions like those at Sterigenics
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Congressional Dems meet with Sterigenics heads
But Sterigenics made few if any concessions on ethylene oxide, according to Sen. Durbin
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Ted CoxDick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Michael Petras, Phil MacNabb, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Sotera Health, Ethylene Oxide, Bill Foster, Brad Schneider, Sean Casten, Dan Lipinski, EPA, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Neringa Zymancius
Sen. Duckworth calls for oversight on EPA hiring
Illinois senator joins Delaware’s Carper in demanding hiring reforms at the Environmental Protection Agency
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Duckworth, Durbin call for probe of EPA
Senators charge ‘potential outright misconduct by political appointees’ failing to regulate firms on ethylene oxide like Sterigenics
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Ethylene Oxide, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, EPA, Andrew Wheeler, Tom Carper, Michael Mikulka
Duckworth: Trump appointees nix EtO investigations
Senator says ‘political appointees are working to undermine’ EPA on Sterigenics
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Ted CoxTammy Duckworth, Donald Trump, Andrew Wheeler, Cathy Stepp, Ruth Etzel, EPA, IEPA, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Ethylene Oxide, Medline Industries, Scott Pruitt, Scott Walker, Dick Durbin, Lisa Madigan
