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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized tighter standards and enhanced worker protections Thursday for medical sterilization facilities that use the colorless gas ethylene oxide (EtO), ...

A study provides new evidence on the adverse effects of prenatal exposure to ethylene oxide (EO) on fetal development. The results show that increased EO exposure in utero is associated with a ...

The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed new rule meant to limit exposure of ethylene oxide to workers in sterilization plants has medical device manufacturers worried about potential delays and ...

Environmental advocates called the news an important but belated response to the cancer risk that communities near these facilities have endured, in some cases, for decades. The Clean Air Act directs ...

Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized new regulations to govern the more than 80 industrial facilities across the nation that use ethylene oxide, a highly potent and toxic ...