CBS Chicago: IL Attorney General, DuPage County Prosecutor Sue Sterigenics Over Carcinogenic Emissions

CHICAGO (October 31, 2018) – Accusing a Willowbrook company of releasing dangerous levels of a carcinogenic gas into the air for more than a decade, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin are asking a judge to impose strict new limits on the plant, or shut it down altogether.

“There’s outrage in the community. This is now the 19th largest cancer cluster in the country. This is in the top one percentage for incidents of cancer and it is no coincidence,” Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. told CBS Chicago.

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Patrick A. Salvi concentrates his legal practice in cases concerning serious personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and mass torts. Mr. Salvi has achieved record-breaking jury verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients throughout the state, including serving as lead counsel on a trial team that won an Illinois record-high $148 million jury verdict and a Lake County record $33 million jury verdict.