Ethylene oxide is a widely used chemical made in the U.S. by some of the industry’s global giants, including Dow Chemical, Huntsman, Shell and Union Carbide. Its main use is in the refining of other ...
US chemical manufacturers would have to trim their annual emissions of ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic gas, under an Environmental Protection Agency proposal. Ethylene oxide emissions from chemical ...
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 ...
The chemical at the center of a Willowbrook environmental controversy — ethylene oxide — was discovered nearly 160 years ago and used over the decades as a sterilizer. Signs of health risks go back 70 ...
A new study in the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health finds parents' workplace chemical exposure may be linked to a range of behavioral challenges and developmental delays in ...