https://www.thefreelibrary.com/NBC+5+anchor+sues+Sterigenics+over+rare+blood+disease.-a0597613233. NBC 5 reports that Stafford's lawsuit is separate from 32 other lawsuits making similar claims against Sterigenics LLC in filings last week in Cook County Circuit Court. The disease can affect the heart and other organs; there's also no cure for it. He also Burr Ridge. The complaint said Stafford lived in another community, Hinsdale, and was a regular member of a sports club in Burr Ridge during the time it was determined Sterigenics’ sterilization process resulted in ethylene oxide emission at the Willowbrook facility, causing exposure in portions of Burr Ridge and Hinsdale. later worked for stations in Green Bay and Orlando before joining This conduct and ultrahazardous activity, saying the defendants "had the NBC 5 said the lawsuit claims the department of health released a report saying the emissions from that plant were a public health hazard. Rob Stafford, the veteran news anchor at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5, said he contracted a rare blood disorder after he was exposed to toxic chemicals emitted by the Willowbrook facility of Sterigenics International.

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