‘Extreme victory’: Years of organization leads to the shuttering of a toxic polluter in south Memphis

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By Lylla YounesSep 1, 2023, 9:30 pm470 ptsHotTop
In a major victory for the people of south Memphis, a plant that uses carcinogenic ethylene oxide to sterilize medical equipment announced this week that it is shutting down. The decision by Sterilization Services of Tennessee follows more than a year of dogged organizing by residents and activists fed up with…

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