The new rules focus on modernizing emissions control technology used by industry. But the EPA left out Biden-era proposals ...

Eighty-eight facilities, including one in Hauppauge, would be required to upgrade their monitoring and treatment.

Many medical devices need to be sterile to be used safely. But sterilizing a pacemaker, catheter, or other device with steam or heat could damage its structural integrity. So medical device ...

The proposal would roll back 2024 emission standards on about 90 plants that rely on ethylene oxide to sterilize medical ...

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 ...

(CBS)-- What is ethylene oxide, the cancer-causing agent at the center of the Sterigenics case? The chemical is used to sterilize medical equipment. According to the Illinois Environmental Protection ...

On Friday, the US Environmental Protection Agency released a proposed rule that would scale back federal limits on emissions ...

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 ...

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 ...

This article was produced in partnership with The Times-Picayune and The Advocate, which is a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates ...