An estimated 50% of sterile medical devices in the U.S. are treated with ethylene oxide. It is also a known carcinogen.

The gas, ethylene oxide, plays a crucial role in sterilizing medical devices. But long-term exposure is linked to several ...

The repeal loosens standards for roughly 90 sterilization facilities that emit the toxic chemical in neighborhoods across the country.

This story was produced in partnership with Atlanta News Firs t. Thousands of warehouse workers across the U.S. are likely regularly exposed to the cancer-linked chemical ethylene oxide. More than ...

The EPA has proposed to relax pollution limits on ethylene oxide, a chemical used in medical sterilization, citing concerns over supply chain stability, despite health risks associated with its use.

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WASHINGTON (CN) — A D.C. Circuit panel on Tuesday rejected an industry-led effort joined by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to overturn a federal cancer risk assessment for ethylene oxide, a ...

Over the past two years, Madeline Beal has heard frustration and even bewilderment during public meetings about ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing gas that is used to sterilize half of the medical ...

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A challenge to a federal assessment of the cancer risk for a chemical produced in Louisiana used to manufacture goods ranging from antifreeze to detergents has been rejected by a U.S. court of appeals ...

Ethylene oxide is a hazardous air pollutant. Because ethylene oxide is emitted in Texas and has been determined to be a carcinogen, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) undertook an ...

An estimated 50% of sterile medical devices in the U.S. are treated with ethylene oxide. It is also a known carcinogen.