Metro Atlanta Sterilizing Plant Shutting Down As Air Tests Begin; Lawsuit Challenges EPD Deal

Sterigenics said Friday that a September shutdown will expedite the improvements that the company has promised Georgia officials that it will make to reduce ethylene oxide pollution. Residents are worried that any air testing conducted now would not reflect what has historically been released during normal business operations.

Brenda Goodman is a senior news writer for WebMD. Andy Miller is editor and CEO of Georgia Health News.

Updated Friday

A medical sterilization facility in metro Atlanta is shutting down operations until October as it undergoes construction to reduce emissions of a toxic gas.