The Intercept

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Local residents began gathering in the basement of a local church to see what they could do to stop the pollution. Stop EtO in Lake County was founded to limit the cancer-causing gas, and it also became a way for members to trace their troubling cancer “coincidences.” — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 18, 2021 Hibernated

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Lake County, Illinois, is also home to two industrial facilities that release ethylene oxide. Medline in Waukegan uses the gas to sterilize medical equipment. And Vantage Specialty Chemicals in Gurnee uses ethylene oxide to make other chemicals and consumer products. https://t.co/VBg6lBGrPb — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 18, 2021 Hibernated

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But while the community group was plumbing the public records on ethylene oxide, companies that release the chemical were quietly conducting their own campaign, changing those records to make their emissions appear smaller and less harmful. — PolitiTweet.org

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