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 ...

"(Ethylene oxide) is present in the environment and is created by various sources, including vehicle exhaust, plant and soil metabolism, and even fruit ripening. Without knowing the background ...

A colorless gas called ethylene oxide is used to decontaminate about 20 billion medical devices per year, about half of all medical equipment used annually. This process often happens within ...

The rule targets emissions of ethylene oxide, an odorless, colorless gas that has been linked to several types of cancer, particularly lymphoma and leukemia. It illustrates the tensions between ...

On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed new limits on the use of a carcinogenic gas called ethylene oxide. The hope is to reduce ethylene oxide emissions by 80%, which the agency ...

Cancer risks from ethylene oxide emissions at a Lehigh County facility have decreased over the past four years but are not entirely eliminated, Environmental Protection Agency officials said Thursday.