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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
Gov. Pritzker: The first year
A balanced bipartisan budget, legal weed, $15 minimum wage, $45B capital plan, RHA, pension consolidation, education funding, fair tax…
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Kelly Cassidy, CCAP, Illinois Teacher Shortage, Donald Trump, Illinois Minimum Wage, Illinois Minimum Teacher Salary, Bill Brady, Reproductive Health Act, Rebuild Illinois, Illinois Marijuana Legalization, Illinois Sports Betting, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Gun Control, Illinois Smoking Age, Illinois Pension Reform, Sterigenics
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
Report seeks to spur reinvestment in IEPA
Environmental watchdog ‘between a rock and a hard place’ with fading federal commitment, additional state mandates
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Ted CoxEPA, IEPA, Bubbly Creek, Mark Templeton, University of Chicago, Abrams Environmental Law Clinic, University of Chicago Law School, Mary Gade, Doug Scott, Bharat Mathur, EPA Region 5, Sterigenics, Pat Quinn, Bruce Rauner, Jack Darin, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter
Duckworth prompts feds to test Sauget
Agency that detected Willowbrook cancer cluster to monitor Veolia incinerator
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Ted CoxTammy Duckworth, Veolia North America Trade Waste Incinerator, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Sterigenics, Better Government Association, BGA, EPA, Sean O'Donnell, Willowbrook Cancer Cluster
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
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
Sterigenics to close up shop!
Sterilization firm announces plans to ‘exit Willowbrook,’ Stop Sterigenics exults
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Stop Sterigenics rips IEPA EtO permit
Grassroots group turns focus to General Assembly’s fall veto session to ban ethylene oxide
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Ted CoxSterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, J.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, IEPA, Lauren Kaesberg, John Kim, Kwame Raoul, Gary Grasso, Jim Durkin, Rita Mayfield, Frank Trilla, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Andrea Thome
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
Stop Sterigenics rejects deal to reopen EtO firm
Atty. Gen. Raoul, DuPage State’s Atty. Berlin defend agreement, say new state law will protect residents
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Ted CoxSterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Jim Durkin, John Curran, Deanne Mazzochi, Kwame Raoul, Robert Berlin, IEPA, EPA, Matt Haller, John Kim, Donald Trump, J.B. Pritzker
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
Dems ask EPA to inspect Lake County EtO firms
Members of Congress call for testing at Medline, Vantage
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Ted CoxEPA, IEPA, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Stop EtO, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Andrew Wheeler, Cathy Stepp, Donald Trump, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Lauren Underwood, Sean Casten, Bill Foster, Brad Schneider, Dan Lipinski
One Illinois is 1
A new guv, a new fair tax, and a new record cold temperature: looking back on our first anniversary
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Income Tax, M.K. Pritzker, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Sports Betting, Illinois Teacher Shortage, Illinois Education Association, Illinois Infrastructure, Illinois Capital Bill, Harley Clarke Mansion, Great River Tug Fest, IEPA, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Stop EtO, Lori Lightfoot, Mike Henry, Tyrone Coleman, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, Andy Manar, Carlinville High School, Chicago Urban League, Rich Krueger
