The findings come as state regulators and industry have said they were making efforts to cut ethylene oxide emissions since the chemical's carcinogenic nature was better understood in the mid-2010s.

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

“The current industrial process for producing ethylene oxide typically generates two molecules of carbon dioxide per ethylene oxide molecule. Adding chlorine improves this ratio to about two molecules ...

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The proposal follows the EPA’s announcement last week to cut emissions from chemical plants in general to reduce cancer risk. In part, that rule targeted manufactures of ethylene oxide. Tuesday ...

The chemical compound ethylene oxide is manufactured and used in hundreds of facilities across the United States. Linked to lymphoma, leukemia, and breast cancer, the carcinogen is used to ...

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Ethylene oxide is a chemical used in the manufacture of antifreeze, detergents, plastics and textiles, and as a sterilizing agent for food and medical equipment.

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 o… ...