Henrico County residents have met with government agencies to discuss the risks of two harmful substances that have been leaking into the eastern part of the county.
After certain chemicals were discovered in the air and waterways of a Henrico community, county leaders held a public meeting to address environmental concerns from the residents.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials talk with local residents following a meeting Aug. 23 to address concerns about PFAS and ethylene oxide – two potentially dangerous chemicals that have affected the region in recent years. (Tom Lappas/Henrico Citizen) About 80 people who crowded into the Varina Area Library Wednesday for a meeting with local, state
A ball-and-stick model of the ethylene oxide molecule. Some Henrico residents may have an elevated cancer risk because of chemical emissions from a commercial sterilization facility in the county, the Environmental Protection Agency reported recently. That risk stems from the chemical ethylene oxide, or EtO, which is used by Sterilization Services of Virginia at 5674