Plants in Cobb County and Covington have been the subject of lawsuits by cancer patients claiming the release of ethylene ...

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

There are about 90 sterilizing plants in the U.S. that use a cancer-causing gas called ethylene oxide. Some say new proposed regulations don't go far enough.

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 ...

What is Ethylene Oxide? As I discussed, ethylene oxide is a chemical found everywhere in the environment and produced naturally in our bodies.It is used in many industries and is particularly useful ...

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 ...

Ethylene oxide is used to sterilize about half of all U.S. medical supplies, including billions of syringes, heart valves, pacemakers, and feeding and breathing tubes.

The agency found extremely high concentrations of ethylene oxide in some areas, with one containing 121 micrograms per cubic meter of air, which is more than 400 times higher than the US national ...

Ethylene oxide is currently the only way to sterilize medical devices that can’t be exposed to steam. It’s used to sanitize 20 billion devices in the U.S. per year, such as pacemakers ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is imposing new restrictions on the emissions of ethylene oxide, a colorless gas that is widely used to sterilize medical devices and is also a carcinogen.

Ethylene oxide was also recently found in the additive locust bean gum, which is mainly a thickening agent or stabilizer. It is used in foods including ice cream, breakfast cereals, ...

In the first trial in hundreds of Georgia lawsuits, retired truck driver Gary Walker, 75, contends emmissions from ethylene oxide caused his cancer.