Opinion: Health Department must protect from ‘invisible threat’ of EtO
Sterilization Services of Tennessee is located in South Memphis. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
KeShaun Pearson
KeShaun Pearson is board president and co-founder of Memphis Community Against Pollution and a board member of Protect Our Aquifer.
“Community members shouldn’t have to wait years for relief. Instead of making excuses and dodging questions, the Shelby County Health Department needs to act now to make the facility reduce its emissions or — if it continues to refuse — shut down completely.”
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