https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=3686349&GUID=669D9251-E0A5-4C9D-9780-7AA95AA00391Legistar15https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=3686349&GUID=669D9251-E0A5-4C9D-9780-7AA95AA00391669D9251-E0A5-4C9D-9780-7AA95AA00391-2018-10-22-19-29-07Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE CURRENT UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY’S APPROVAL OF STERIGENICS’ OPERATION AND PROTECTING SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY RESIDENTS FROM TOXIC AIR POLLUTION WHEREAS, a recent federal report shows that some Cook County and DuPage County residents are exposed to “the country’s highest cancer risks from toxic air pollution;” and WHEREAS, according to the report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Sterigenics International Inc. (“Sterigenics”) is emitting elevated levels of a cancer-causing chemical called ethylene oxide in its Willowbrook, Illinois, facilities; and WHEREAS, data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2014 National Air Toxins Assessment map shows that residents are exposed to elevated levels of ethylene oxide in and surrounding Willowbrook, including in the Cook County municipalities of Burr Ridge, Indian Head Park, Hinsdale, Willow Springs, Justice, Western Springs, La Grange, La Grange PaMon, 22 Oct 2018 19:29:07 GMT