The owner of a Covington sterilization facility exposed the community with a carcinogenic gas for more than 50 years without warning the public, an attorney for a man suing the company told jurors ...

This report was originally published by ProPublica, an independent, nonprofit newsroom. Ethylene oxide was once considered an ...

Frequent contact with the carcinogen ethylene oxide can boost the odds of developing cancer up to 60 times — risk levels that should raise red flags in Louisiana, which produces 20% of the nation’s ...

The "An Introduction to Ethylene Oxide (EO) Sterilization for Medical Devices Training Course (May 14, 2026)" training has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Sterile devices are free of ...

For many complex medical devices such as endoscopes, sterilizing with ethylene oxide is the only method that does the job without damaging the device during the process. Approximately 50% of all ...

Nearly two decades after federal scientists concluded ethylene oxide is far more dangerous than previously thought, President Joe Biden’s administration is moving to dramatically reduce emissions from ...

When Grist reporters began talking to environmental advocates about ethylene oxide in 2023, we repeatedly heard that warehouses were a threat and that neither regulators nor community activists had ...

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 ...

The federal government is cracking down on a widely used sterilization agent for medical devices, drawing concern from the medtech industry and cheers from environmental advocates. Last month, the ...

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 ...

A chemical known to increase the risk of cancer is far more prevalent in the air along the Mississippi River corridor between Baton Rouge and New Orleans than previously thought, a new study has found ...