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2020 Elections May 15, 2020

Terry Alexis Cummings: Candidate for GA state House District 39

Terry Alexis Cummings is a Democratic candidate for Georgia state House District 39. She hopes to unseat incumbent Erica Thomas in the Democratic primary on June 9. The Courier recently…

2020 Elections April 30, 2020

Shelia Edwards: Candidate for District 4 Cobb County commissioner

Shelia Edwards is a Democratic Candidate for the Cobb County Board of Commissioners District 4 seat. The position is being vacated by incumbent Commissioner Lisa Cupid, who is running for…

Sterigenics sign in article about lawsuit Sterigenics, BD Bard

Environment March 25, 2020

County allows Sterigenics to resume operations

Cobb County Chairman Mike Boyce, at the urging of the FDA, signed an emergency order allowing the controversial Sterigenics facility to resume operations, using ethylene oxide to sterilize medical equipment….

Environment March 23, 2020

Cobb allows Sterigenics to resume delayed testing

Cobb County Communications Director Ross Cavitt distributed the following news release about the resumption of tests at the Sterigenics plant off Atlanta Road near Smyrna, which had been cancelled in…

Environment February 19, 2020

Testing at Sterigenics plant canceled

The following news release was issued this afternoon by Ross Cavitt, Cobb County’s communications director: Air Pressure Test at Sterigenics CanceledProposed test was not part of county’s work on fire…

Environment October 3, 2019

Sterigenics issues press release on EPD investigation

Sterigenics issued a press release this afternoon regarding an investigation by the state Environmental Protection Division into a release of the carcinogen ethylene oxide into the air in July of…

Environment September 6, 2019

Sterigenics announces temporary shutdown to install emission-reduction equipment

In a press release issued today, Sterigenics announced a temporary plant shutdown and expedited schedule for installation of emissions reduction equipment approved recently by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD)….

sign held at Sterigenics protest with the Sterigenics slogan "Safeguarding Global Heath" changed to "Endangering Global Health"

Environment August 23, 2019

Loudermilk sends list of questions about Sterigenics to the EPA

Congressman Barry Loudermilk, who represents Georgia’s 11th Congressional District, added his voice to the list of public officials who have weighed in on the Sterigenics facility in Smyrna, which emits…

Environment August 3, 2019

Georgia EPD approves new anti-pollution controls at Sterigenics

In the following news release, the EPD approved the changes proposed by Sterigenics that are intended to reduce the emission of the carcinogen ethylene oxide into the air: Today the…

Crowd at Campbell Middle School for meeting about Sterigenic plant

Environment July 31, 2019

Sterigenics, neighbors face off in often contentious community meeting

UPDATE: It was originally announced that the meeting on August 19 would be at Benjamin Preparatory School. The location has been changed to the Cobb Civic Center. A packed audience…

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