A Cook County jury on Monday awarded $363 million to a woman who alleged pollution from a sterilization plant near her home gave her cancer.
Sterigenics in Dupage County and two companies in Lake County used the cancer-causing chemical ethylene oxide in sterilization processes for years before nearby residents began to report higher-than-normal levels of a number of cancers.
Reset learns about the first lawsuit against Sterigenics over use of the known carcinogen.
GUEST: Michael Hawthorne, reporter at the Chicago Tribune
