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  Can Sterigenics easily swap sterilants? Lawyers say yes; FDA, medical device makers less certain

  By Jonathan Bilyk | Thursday, Aug 22, 2019 @ 12:57pm

  Lawyers leading a growing number of lawsuits vs Sterigenics say the medical device sterilizer can easily substitute another sterilization method for ethylene oxide. The FDA and medical device makers seem less certain.

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  Trial lawyers: EPA admission of fault in Sterigenics emissions measuring won't matter to lawsuits vs company

  By Jonathan Bilyk | Friday, Nov 30, 2018 @ 4:48pm

  As federal environmental regulators reassess their controversial measurements of emissions from the Sterigenics plant in Willowbrook, a group of lawyers representing Willowbrook residents are continuing unfazed in their lawsuits against the company, based largely on findings in a federal report that relied heavily on the allegedly faulty data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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