In recent months, several medical device sterilization plants have been forced to shut down among rising concerns that ethylene oxide, a chemical used to sterilize more than half of the country's ...

Ethylene oxide is a compound used to sterilize more than 20 billion devices sold in the US every year. Although this sterilization process helps keep medical devices — and patients — safe, the ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is tightening regulation of ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic gas used to sterilize medical devices. (J. David Ake/Getty Images) Over the past two years, Madeline Beal ...

The presence of an unauthorized substance in sesame seeds from India has prompted a spate of product recalls across Europe. The ethylene oxide alert was first raised by Belgium in early September but ...

More than two years after a Cobb medical sterilizer, Sterigenics, was flagged for emissions that could increase cancer risk, residents and local officials still don’t know whether air around the plant ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Companies that use ethylene oxide to sterilize medical ...

Salmonella in breaded chicken and ethylene oxide were two of the main incidents handled this past year by the Food Standards Agency (FSA). The FSA was notified of 2,336 food and feed safety incidents ...

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 ...

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 ...

We already know that the incoming Joe Biden administration can be expected to accelerate adoption of new regulations regarding Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) after environmental advocates ...