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JB Pritzker Statement on Rauner Partnering with Trump to Hide Cancer Risk From Community

Statement

Date: Oct. 26, 2018
Location: Chicago, IL
Issues: Government Operations Health and Health Care Elections

Following the breaking Chicago Tribune story, "Trump and Rauner administrations knew about Sterigenics cancer risks months before telling public," JB Pritzker released the following statement:

"While a company Bruce Rauner owned continued to poison DuPage County, we now know that Rauner and Trump worked hand-in-hand to hide Sterigenics' highest-in-the-nation cancer risks from the public for eight months," said JB Pritzker. "In December 2017, when another lengthy cover up of a public health crisis in Quincy came to light, the Rauner administration was back-channeling with the Trump administration to do the same thing in Willowbrook. Both of these cases show a consistent pattern: Bruce Rauner putting his own personal interest over protecting public health. Keeping Illinoisans safe from Legionnaires' in Quincy or cancer-causing toxins in Willowbrook both took a back seat to preserving Rauner's image. In both cases, this failed governor didn't lift a finger for months or years while Illinoisans saw their health decline. This unconscionable neglect of Illinois families is one of


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