Georgia Device Sterilizer Sued For Allegedly Causing Cancer, Death

03 Aug 2021

The lawsuit against Kendall Patient Recovery accuses the company of intentionally ignoring decades of data warning against risks posed by ethylene oxide, causing harm to communities around its facility.

Kendall Patient Recovery's EtO facility in Augusta, GA, is near residential areas as well as a food factory. — Kendall Patient Recovery's EtO facility in Augusta, GA, is near residential areas as well as a food factory • Source: Google

Kendall Patient Recovery (KPR), an ethylene oxide (EtO) medical device sterilizer with a facility in the US state of Georgia, is being sued on behalf of a Felicia Lambert who died of leukemia. The case is the latest filed against a sterilizer in the ongoing debate over the potential cancer risk posed by such facilities to surrounding communities.

According to court documents, Eunice Lambert filed a civil case against KPR on 19 July on behalf of Felicia Lambert...