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

Although research spanning decades has linked EtO to life-altering illnesses, the Occupational Safety and Health ...

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 ...

Almost 400 product recalls and warnings were issued in Belgium in 2022, which is down from the year before. If a product has reached the market and consumption poses a risk, companies must inform ...

For over a century, federal workplace safety laws have alarmingly exposed countless workers to hazardous chemical levels now recognized by modern toxicology as human carcinogens. This is because ...

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 on Tuesday proposed limiting the use of the chemical ethylene oxide after finding a higher than expected cancer risk at facilities that use it to sterilize billions ...

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 ...

In the communities of people living and working around the 100+ facilities across the U.S. that use a chemical called ethylene oxide, contamination in the air may cause cancer. If your family lives ...

While ethylene oxide (EO) has long been subject to federal regulation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently sharpened its focus on EO emissions. Despite publishing its plans to ...