Lake County IL has 2 plants emitting cancerous ethylene oxide. IL laws are still NOT strong enough. IL legislators must and can do better. #WorldCancerDay
When will it end? Leak of explosive, toxic (EtO) chemical at Shell Geismar complex in Louisiana. The Shell plant makes 920 million pounds per year in ethylene oxide. #SayNoToEtO@US_FDA@EPA https://t.co/QIkxp070X0 via @theadvocatebr
@OneBreathHOU@CleanAirIL@EPA The thing that can get lost in this story but shouldn't is that the industry offered to draft the assessment of this chemical for the TCEQ. see this doc https://t.co/BFmmm2uVP2
An @EPA toxicologist who studied the cancer-causing chemical ethylene oxide for more than a decade tells @fastlerner: "Texas has done something completely unreasonable." #CleanUpTCEQ https://t.co/AxFptjKtVy
Every mention of a threatened medical shortage implicitly blames communities for hindering operations at EtO facilities. The blame is squarely on the industry who created this problem and has known for decades this day would come.
#stopsterigenics@StopSterigenics@StopEtOLC
and the resulting assessment had almost everything they suggested. Plus docs uncovered by @scribeguy show that industry consultants who were at a meeting I wrote about were put in charge of drafting the assessment https://t.co/qTvdBxpZ49
I hope that every dollar carries with it a curse that makes these corporate criminals miserable. For generations to come, this blood money will still be blood money. #Disgraceful#sterigenicskills@StopSterigenics
When will it end? When will fed government chose US citizens over company profits? @SenDuckworth @SenatorDurbin @RepSchneider ethylene oxide IS PROBLEMATIC it causes cancer. Lake County IL is particularly damned. @StopEtOLC https://t.co/L02GvIw13X
@timperone @erikjhortiz@NBCNews Erik this was an insightful read. Lake County IL is faced with a cancer situation that merits media attention. Please DM if you are interested in learning more. So many intriguing and sad components to our situation.
@GovPritzker Great...pot is legal. Now can you do something about toxic ethylene oxide that’s not a band-aid for residents who’d also like a new lease on life (in the form of clean air).
Tomorrow, Illinois will become the 11th state to legalize and regulate adult-use cannabis.
But our state is today doing something that sets us apart: Illinois is putting equity first, clearing thousands of convictions and giving individuals & their families a new lease on life.
@GovPritzker @SenatorBush Other states are responding so much better than Illinois when it comes to ethylene oxide. What will it take to protect Illinoisans especially those stuck by 2 EtO plants in Lake County? It’s so disappointing ☹️ https://t.co/cjoXTw0Xed
There is so much I can say...but I’ll go with this: Just because Medline paid to advertise this, don’t make it true. I’m not inclined to believe them, how ‘bout you? @NoSterigenicsGA @StopSterigenics @scribeguy @WebMD_BrendaG @StopEtOLC