Cases

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A map of ethylene oxide-emitting facilities in Grand Prairie, Texas.

Texas

Two sterilizers—Sterigenics and Cosmed of Texas—are located less than a mile apart in Grand Prairie, Texas, roughly 25 miles east of Fort Worth.
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A map of ethylene oxide-emitting facilities in Memphis, Tennessee.

Memphis, Tennessee

Tennessee has two commercial sterilizer facilities that emit ethylene oxide (EtO), Sterilization Services of Tennessee in Memphis and DeRoyal Industries/Royal Sterilization in New Tazewell.
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A map of ethylene oxide-emitting facilities in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

The commonwealth of Puerto Rico bears a disproportionate burden of ethylene oxide (EtO) pollution from commercial sterilizer facilities.
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A map of ethylene oxide-emitting facilities in New Jersey/Metropolitan New York City

New Jersey

Two commercial sterilizers in New Jersey—EtO Sterilization in Linden, and Steris Isomedix in South Plainfield—are located within the metropolitan New York City area.
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A map of ethylene oxide-emitting facilities in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota.

Minnesota

All six of Minnesota's commercial sterilizer facilities are located in the metropolitan Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
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A map showing the locations of ethylene oxide-emitting facilities in Baltimore, Maryland.

Maryland

The two commercial sterilizer facilities in metropolitan Baltimore, located in Hanover and Jessup, stand roughly three miles apart.
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A map of ethylene oxide-emitting facilities in Atlanta, Georgia.

Georgia

Two commercial sterilizer facilities in Atlanta, Georgia—Sterigenics and Sterilization Services of Georgia—are located less than 10 miles apart.
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A map of ethylene oxide-emitting facilities in metropolitan Denver, Colorado.

Colorado

Two commercial sterilizer facilities in the metropolitan Denver, Colorado area—comprise an ethylene oxide (EtO) hotspot, standing roughly five miles apart. A third sterilizer facility is located in nearby Boulder.
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A map of the locations of ethylene oxide-emitting facilities in Los Angeles, California.

California

Nine commercial sterilizer facilities are located in metropolitan Los Angeles, California, with two hotspots, one in Los Angeles and one in Temecula.