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 ...

There is lingering concern over a toxic legacy in parts of Georgia where people say they were breathing an invisible ...

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 ...

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 ...

A trio of issues that featured in the news agenda of 2020 carried into 2021 and none of them are out of sight yet. Coronavirus, the United Kingdom leaving the European Union, and ethylene oxide ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...