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Six former teachers at Hinsdale South High School filed a lawsuit against Sterigenics Friday, alleging that their cancers were caused by exposure to ethylene oxide emissions from the company’s Willowbrook plant located less than a mile from the school.

Sterigenics has announced plans to leave Willowbrook despite a recent agreement allowing it to reopen months after it was shut down by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency due to due to emissions of a cancer-causing gas in neighborhoods surrounding the plant.

Nearly two dozen new cases were filed Thursday as a lawsuit against Sterigenics expanded, alleging people exposed to ethylene oxide emitted by the medical sterilization plant have been left with serious or terminal medical conditions. NBC 5’s Christian Farr has the story.

Sterigenics has announced plans to leave Willowbrook despite a recent agreement allowing it to reopen months after it was shut down by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency due to due to emissions of a cancer-causing gas in neighborhoods surrounding the plant.

Residents claimed victory in the heated battle with Sterigenics on Monday after the medical sterilization company announced plans to leave Willowbrook. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports. 

Sterigenics will be allowed to reopen in a Chicago suburb after it was shut down by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency due to due to emissions of a cancer-causing gas in neighborhoods surrounding the plant, a judge ruled Friday.

A judge ruled Friday that Sterigenics will be allowed to open its suburban facility. The plant has been closed for months after it was found to have emitted a chemical linked to cancer. NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria reports.

Dozens of more victims in Chicago suburbs have come forward to sue Sterigenics over toxic gas emissions.

Dozens of more victims in Chicago suburbs have come forward to sue Sterigenics over toxic gas emissions. NBC 5’s Trina Orlando reports.

More than 100 people rallied together in suburban Willowbrook on Thursday, one again calling for the permanent closure of the controversial Sterigenics medical sterilization plant.

Over 100 people participated in a protest against Sterigenics on Thursday night, and NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter was on the scene and has more details. 

Residents say the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has known about the cancer risk from the Willowbrook Sterigenics plant for decades. And they say it is time for them to act.

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency officials began testing water from wells in suburban Willowbrook Thursday, amid the controversy over potentially cancer-causing air emissions from the nearby Sterigenics facility.

A community meeting and forum will be hosted in Willowbrook by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to field questions about the cancer-causing air emissions from the Sterigenics plant.

A community meeting and forum will be hosted in Willowbrook by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to field questions about the cancer-causing air emissions from the Sterigenics plant. Trina Orlando reports.

A community meeting and forum will be hosted in Willowbrook by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to field questions about the cancer-causing air emissions from the Sterigenics plant.

Toxic air concerns have brought the EPA to the southwest suburbs and NBC 5’s Ash-har Quraishi has the details on the upcoming meeting. 

The Environmental Protection Agency made a bombshell announcement Wednesday about Sterigenics–the lab accused of putting out cancer causing fumes in the suburbs.

A suburban Chicago plant that sterilizes medical instruments faces a lawsuit alleging air pollution violations.