In November 2022, a Cook County jury ruled in favor of Sterigenics, concluding that the company bore no responsibility for cancer in plaintiff Teresa Fornek, who lived near the Willowbrook plant.

Sterigenics will pay $408 million to settle more than 870 lawsuits alleging that its Willowbrook facility exposed residents to ethylene oxide gas and caused illnesses, the company announced Monday.

Sterigenics will pay $408 million to settle more than 870 cases alleging that ethylene oxide from its Willowbrook, Illinois facility caused cancer and other health issues, according to a press ...

Sterigenics lawsuits to proceed in groups On the heels of a record $363 million jury verdict, a ruling by a Cook County judge will speed progress of some 800 lawsuits over Willowbrook plant’s ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A jury in the case against Sterigenics and its role in a Willowbrook woman's cancer found the company liable and award her $363 million. Sue Kamuda took the medical device ...

Janet Rau, president of Stop Sterigenics Georgia, said the support of Willowbrook activists was pivotal to what she sees as her organization’s early success in Georgia.

SPRINGFIELD — Sterigenics, a medical supply sterilization company linked to increased cancer risk in the DuPage County area, said Monday, Sept. 30, it plans to “exit its ethylene oxide ...

Lauren Kaeseberg, an activist from Stop Sterigenics, points to the Sterigenics Willowbrook plant while at a news conference at Village Hall to celebrate the company's announcement of its plans to ...

WILLOWBROOK, Ill. (CBS) --After a monthslong fight over dangerous ethylene oxide emissions at its medical sterilization plant in Willowbrook, Sterigenics announced Monday it is giving up its fight ...

WILLOWBROOK, Ill. (WLS) -- Sterigenics will permanently close its facility in southwest suburban Willowbrook after months of controversy after testing found it emitted a cancer-causing chemical ...

Sterigenics, the company that owns a controversial medical sterilization facility in Cobb County, announced Monday it will close a similar plant in Willowbrook, Illinois, following a year of ...