Ethylene oxide rarely makes headlines, yet it quietly sterilizes about half of all medical devices used in the United States.

On Friday, the US Environmental Protection Agency released a proposed rule that would scale back federal limits on emissions ...

The proposal would roll back 2024 emission standards on about 90 plants that rely on ethylene oxide to sterilize medical ...

The new rules focus on modernizing emissions control technology used by industry. But the EPA left out Biden-era proposals for air monitors near the facility.

The Trump administration proposes easing ethylene oxide sterilization rules in a bid to protect medical device supply chains ...

The proposal would relax standards for facilities that use ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing gas, to sterilize medical devices ...

WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency wants to loosen Biden-era limits on the manufacturing-related release of ...

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

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Tuesday to limit the use of the chemical ethylene oxide after finding higher than expected cancer risk at facilities that use it to sterilize billions of ...

On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed new limits on the use of a carcinogenic gas called ethylene oxide. The hope is to reduce ethylene oxide emissions by 80%, which the agency said ...

A medical sterilization facility that’s been the target of lawsuits over its use of a toxic gas will shut down after ...

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