A Carson business faces felony charges for allegedly failing to protect its employees from a toxic chemical linked to cancer and other health risks.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office alleged that Parter Sterilization Services attempted to conceal the dangers of ethylene oxide by filing false documents and hiding critical safety risks from regulators. The hazardous gas is linked to cancer, reproductive harm and neurological damage.
Prosecutors charged the president of the company and manager of the facility, Hormoz Foroughi and Amine Elmaziati, with failure to disclose a serious concealed danger, forgery, filing a false document, disposal of hazardous waste at an unpermitted site and illegal storage of hazardous waste at a site without a permit…