President Donald Trump is temporarily exempting medical sterilization facilities that use ethylene oxide from tighter emissions standards, including plants in Georgia.

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

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Global ethylene capacity is expected to grow over 25% by 2030, with Asia leading due to its role in polyethylene production. The report covers ethylene capacity outlook, global projects, and ...

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.

Parter Medical Products is under investigation by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office for exposing workers to ...

The EPA says its proposal will reduce ethylene oxide emissions by roughly 80% by targeting 86 medical sterilization facilities across the United States. The companies will also have to measure the … ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has started a process that will eventually update the rules around how sterilization facilities like Medline in Waukegan can use the cancer-causing gas. The… ...

The plant uses ethylene oxide gas in its process, which is known to cause cancer from long term exposure. The EPA wants to lower the amount of ethylene oxide the plant and others around the ...

Ethylene oxide is a gas used to sterilize roughly half of all medical devices and is also used to ensure the safety of certain spices and other food products.