Deal reached in more than 870 lawsuits against Sterigenics, parent company says

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The details of how the money will be divided could take months to hammer out.

In September of last year, a Cook County juryruled against another plaintiffSterigenics is accused of causing cancer in the surrounding community by releasing unsafe levels of the carcinogen ethylene oxide into the air.

 

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