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Illinois sterilizing plant caused cancer, lawsuit claims

A lawsuit, filed on Thursday, is drawing new attention to a cancer-causing chemical called ethylene oxide. It's used to sterilize about half of all U.S. medical equipment. Five former educators who worked at the same Illinois high school blame their illnesses on a sterilizing plant that used the chemical. Anna Werner reports.
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