A group of Waukegan area people impacted by the emission of ethylene oxide (EtO), a known carcinogen, from an industrial ...

Researchers discover a way to potentially reduce CO2 emissions and decrease the need for chlorine to produce ethylene oxide — ...

Terumo says it's committed to meeting or exceeding health and safety standards in medical device sterilization.

The breakthrough could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the manufacture of ethylene oxide, which has an estimated $40 billion global market. The current production process ...

In a move that undoubtedly has the unspoken support of the medical device industry, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported it will revisit several rules governing emissions that ...

The new entry to FDA’s database of Recognized Consensus Standards is AAMI TIR106:2024: Microbiological methods—Understanding and use of product bioburden data. Three of AAMI’s most notable ...

Background Ethylene Oxide (EtO) is an industrial solvent widely used as a sterilizing agent for medical and other equipment ...

Ethylene oxide is primarily produced in Texas and Louisiana with sites in Texas accounting for nearly half of all emitted ethylene oxide in the United States. Because ethylene oxide is emitted in ...

Ethylene oxide was selected as the bactericidal agent because it offers maximum security for materials of low thermostability. The chemical properties and sterilizing effectiveness of ethylene ...

Steris said its Isomedix subsidiary will pay up to $48.15 million to resolve litigation around an EtO sterilization facility ...

The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday issued a final rule on pollutants including ethylene oxide and chloroprene, affecting about 200 plants. The EPA said the rule, once in effect ...