Test At Controversial Medical Sterilization Site In Cobb County Is Scrapped

The Sterigenics’ plant near Smyrna and the Becton, Dickinson and Co. site in Covington emitted toxic levels of ethylene oxide that caused the defendants’ cancers, including breast cancer and leukemia, the lawsuits claim.

A medical sterilizing facility in Cobb County, closed for months over concerns about toxic pollution, was planning to test new equipment Thursday in the company’s bid to reopen the site.

But that testing won’t take place.

Cobb County and state officials said Wednesday that the company’s plan had been canceled.