Iffat Walker didn’t realize how close a facility that had been emitting a toxic chemical shown to cause lymphoma and breast cancer was to her family until she pulled up a map. Her mother’s home in ...

A pilot air monitoring study in Laredo found varying levels of ethylene oxide, prompting officials to call for expanded ...

A final investigation report on the explosion and fires at the Dow Chemical plant in Plaquemine identified the cause of the ...

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The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board examined the 2023 incident that led to the release of cancer-causing ...

This story was produced in partnership with Atlanta News Firs t. Thousands of warehouse workers across the U.S. are likely regularly exposed to the cancer-linked chemical ethylene oxide. More than ...

Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new regulations to reduce ethylene oxide emissions. According to the EPA’s press release, the new regulations are “the strongest measures ...

Nearly two decades after federal scientists concluded ethylene oxide is far more dangerous than previously thought, President Joe Biden’s administration is moving to dramatically reduce emissions from ...

The Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule on March 14 that will require significantly reduced emissions from commercial facilities that sterilize medical devices and other equipment ...

EPA's new, more stringent regulations come after agency said there was an elevated cancer risk around Kingsbury medical device sterlization plant Exterior of the Sterigenics medical equipment ...

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — President Donald Trump, with an executive order last week, has reversed stricter standards that were put into place by the Environmental Protection Agency limiting the release of ...

The Sabic affiliate has awarded a Chinese contractor the project to build a new 4,000-tonne-a-year ethylene oxide catalyst ...