MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A plant that used toxic chemicals to sterilize medical equipment in South Memphis is now closed, and community members who stood their ground were cheering Tuesday. Memphis Community Against Pollution, along with residents living near Sterilization Services of Tennessee, celebrated the business closing it doors. “We are here because Sterilization Services of […]
The EPA has found that cancer-causing gas ethylene oxide (EtO) is used in 88 facilities across the country to sterilize medical equipment like ventilators used in thousands of hospitals.
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