Quantitative ethylene oxide analysis in Polysorbate 80 excipient is greatly simplified using SIFT-MS, with a time to first test result that is eight-fold faster than the current compendial method and ...

Cancer risks from ethylene oxide emissions at a Lehigh County facility have decreased over the past four years but are not entirely eliminated, Environmental Protection Agency officials said Thursday.

After a Grist investigation revealing exposure to the carcinogen ethylene oxide, El Paso residents confront troubling ...

Acting in response to community health experts and environmental justice advocates, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing tougher standards on pollution from several toxic chemicals, ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed a set of new restrictions on facilities that use the cancer-causing chemical ethylene oxide, a colorless, odorless gas that is used to ...

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 ...

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 federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing tighter limits on air emissions and new worker protections to reduce exposure to ethylene oxide, a colorless gas used to sterilize ...

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), ...

An EPA map showing areas of concern near the Sterigenics sterilization plant in Kingsbury. The plant uses ethylene oxide gas in its process, which is known to cause cancer from long term exposure. The ...