The agency’s exposure limits were established in 1984 when no one knew the extent of the danger caused by EtO exposure ...

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 ...

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), ...

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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 ...

Few people have heard of the chemical ethylene oxide, but all of us have used products that rely on it for their production, from antifreeze and plastics to textiles and disinfectants. It is what’s ...

There is no evidence that tools used for cervical cancer screenings are cancerous, despite a video circulating online warning about the sterilisation process of test utensils. A controlled amount of ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency has issued a pair of proposals that would cap the amount of ethylene oxide used to sterilize medical devices and some spices. The rules, which would provide ...

After Jennifer Adams of Hogan Lovells, Sam Silver of Welsh & Recker and Sam Cohen of Gross McGinley represented the company at a weeklong hearing this fall, a state court judge in Pennsylvania last ...

For more than a year, medical device manufacturer Becton Dickinson has been working with government officials in Tucson, Arizona, to erect a plant that would sterilize products vital to the supply ...