Covington completes air testing for toxic pollution

The city of Covington has completed its seven-day air testing for ethylene oxide (Et0), but Mayor Ronnie Johnston said Monday night that the results may have been tainted. The BD Bard plant in Covington had an unintended release of Et0 from Sept. 15-22, but it wasn’t reported until Sept. 27. Two days of the air testing by Covington occurred during the time when BD had the release, so the extra amount of Et0 released could skew the overall results.

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