Burr Ridge board backs resolution opposing rollback of ethylene oxide rules
The Burr Ridge Board unanimously approved a resolution opposing federal rollbacks that would loosen restrictions on ethylene oxide emissions, citing local history with a Willowbrook sterilizer and studies linking emitters to higher cancer rates.
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The Burr Ridge Board on Monday unanimously approved a resolution opposing any federal rollback of regulations governing ethylene oxide (ETO) emissions, a chemical used in some sterilization processes that trustees and residents said has been linked to elevated cancer risks in communities near emitters.
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