Environmental & Energy
Mar. 20, 2024
Sterigenics accused of emitting cancer causing chemical
Sterigenics, which has operated the facility in Vernon, has agreed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to settle similar allegations concerning facilities in Illinois and Georgia.
Medical sterilization company Sterigenics is accused in a lawsuit of emitting ethylene oxide at its Vernon facility, which the plaintiffs claim caused a dozen people living nearby to develop cancer.
According to the complaint, filed Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the company has continued to release ethylene oxide, also known as EtO, into the air in Vernon despite a $363 million jury verdict over similar allegations at its f...