Willowbrook Shooting Leaves Two Injured
Two people are recovering after a shooting at an apartment complex in unincorporated Willowbrook.
Watch CBS News
Two people are recovering after a shooting at an apartment complex in unincorporated Willowbrook.
Another former worker at a local company accused of emitting high levels of a toxic chemical has come forward, describing how a cancer-causing gas would leak during plant operations and how he was told to mop up residue into the drainage system.
The hearing centered on due process and whether the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency had the right to shut them down. Members of "Stop Sterigenics" cheer after a judge ruled the medical supply sterilization company will not be able to use ethylene oxide any time soon.
More are calling for action and a criminal probe at Sterigenics in Willowbrook after a report by 2 Investigator Dave Savini revealed serious allegations from former workers about toxic emission being released into the community.
Calling this an urgent health crisis, Senator Durbin and Senator Tammy Duckworth on Tuesday demanded the EPA find a third-party environmental engineering firm to identify a way to reduce emissions.
Numerous levels of government -- from mayor to state lawmaker to members of Congress -- on Friday demanded the EPA immediately take action against the Willowbrook sterilization company.
Illinois' governor and attorney general are sharpening their investigation into a suburban company accused of improperly dumping cancer causing chemicals.
From the yard signs to their rallying cries, for months some Willowbrook residents have taken aim at Sterigenics, a medical device sterilization company that emits ethylene oxide into the air -- a known cancer-causing chemical.
CBS 2 investigator Dave Savini reports, the practices by Willowbrook-based Sterigenics potentially exposed even more residents to toxins than previously thought.
In a letter, the Western Springs president asks Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan for an immediate, temporary shutdown of the facility.
New tests will be conducted near the embattled Sterigenics facility in Willowbrook on Thursday, amid an investigation of emissions of harmful cancer-causing ethylene oxide.
The company cited a recent EPA test, which didn't detect cancer-causing ethylene oxide emissions in the air near homes, schools and parks.
A human rights monitoring group believes Layla Shweikani, a young American woman from the Chicago suburbs who had been detained two years ago by Bashar al-Assad's regime, was executed by the Syrian government.
Concerned residents packed a community forum in Willowbrook Thursday night, demanding the closure of Sterigenics.
Wednesday, the EPA announced that the testing process for the dangerous drug is flawed and another gas can sometimes be mistaken for ethylene oxide.
A cancer-causing gas emitted by west suburban company Sterigenics has prompted Lisa Madigan and DuPage County prosecutors to urge the court to shut down the plant.
At least three other lawsuits have been filed against Sterigenics. Cancer survivor Susan Kamuda sued the company in September.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will publicly share information about tests at a Willowbrook company, suspected of causing cancer and other health issues for people living in close proximity. The news comes after a third lawsuit was announced against Sterigenics on Thursday.
There are serious health concerns in suburban Willowbrook following a new federal report revealing the emissions released by a medical device sterilization company could be harmful.
A new federal study shows people living near a contract sterilization company in a western Chicago suburb face some the country's highest cancer risks from toxic air pollution.
The ticket matched all five winning numbers: 03-07-08-09-23.
68 years. That's the sentence given today for man accused in a brutal sexual assault at a Willowbrook two years ago.
"I defeated him. I took him down. He may have tried to do whatever he could to me, but ultimately in the end, I won," Melissa Schuster said.
Crews are working in the southwest suburbs to flush the sanitary sewer system where gasoline spilled Friday, causing several explosions.
Investigators eventually determined the source: a Speedway gas station in Westmont. They believe fuel leaked from the station into the sewer system that stretches about eight miles.
