Sterilization Services of Tennessee, one of the sterilization facilities identified by the EPA as a higher-emitter of the cancer-causing chemical ethylene oxide (EtO), uses three different vents — one ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed a set of new restrictions on facilities that use the cancer-causing chemical ethylene oxide, a colorless, odorless gas that is used to ...

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 ...

For years, Spotlight on America has investigated an invisible, cancer-causing gas released into American communities, by an ...

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 ...

For many complex medical devices such as endoscopes, sterilizing with ethylene oxide is the only method that does the job without damaging the device during the process. Approximately 50% of all ...

An EPA map showing areas of concern near the Sterigenics sterilization plant in Kingsbury. The plant uses ethylene oxide gas in its process, which is known to cause cancer from long term exposure. The ...

Ethylene oxide (EO) is a versatile compound used to make ethylene glycol and numerous consumer products, including household cleaners and personal care items. Also used to sterilize medical equipment ...

Quantitative ethylene oxide analysis in Polysorbate 80 excipient is greatly simplified using SIFT-MS, with a time to first test result that is eight-fold faster than the current compendial method 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. For more than a year, medical device manufacturer Becton ...