The Environmental Protection Agency has moved to scrap Biden-era regulations on ethylene oxide, a gas used in medical sterilization plants that has been linked to cancer. The agency under the Biden ...

Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump aims to loosen ethylene oxide standardsThe Trump administration proposed Friday to loosen rules ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed Friday to weaken air pollution limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment, a move that would reverse a Biden administration finding of ...

The repeal loosens standards for roughly 90 facilities that emit the toxic chemical ethylene oxide in neighborhoods across the U.S.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Environmental Protection Agency proposes to roll back Biden-era limits on ethylene oxide, a carcinogen used in ...

The EPA Friday issued a revised air emissions rule for facilities that use ethylene oxide to sterilize medical equipment, medicines, spices, dried foods, and certain other products.

Ethylene oxide plays a crucial role in sterilizing lifesaving medical devices, including pacemakers and syringes, but long-term exposure can cause leukemia and other types of cancer among people who ...

The Trump administration on Friday moved to roll back Biden-era limits on emissions of ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing chemical often used in the sterilization of medical devices. The Environmental ...

The Trump administration proposed Friday to loosen rules surrounding emissions of a cancer-causing gas from sterilizer plants. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed rule to ...

The Trump administration is proposing to lift some limits on the use of ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic gas used for ...

The gas, ethylene oxide, plays a crucial role in sterilizing medical devices. But long-term exposure is linked to several types of cancer and other ailments.