Ethylene oxide (EtO) is a naturally occurring, colorless gas compound used primarily in the sterilization of medical and ...

As medical device ethylene oxide (EtO) sterilization facilities continue to close across the country, the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) on Monday ...

For many complex medical devices such as endoscopes, sterilizing with ethylene oxide is the only method that does the job without damaging the device during the process. Approximately 50% of all ...

One of the last steps in the supply chain, sterilization usually takes place after a device has been manufactured and packaged, before it ships to a storage or end-use destination. The purpose of ...

Widely used for sterilizing medical equipment, as well as cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and food products, ethylene oxide (EtO) has proved to be economical, available, and efficacious for eliminating ...

The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed new rule meant to limit exposure of ethylene oxide to workers in sterilization plants has medical device manufacturers worried about potential delays and ...

After years of delays – largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic – on April 11, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finally issued two proposals that would reduce ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new standards to reduce exposure to ethylene oxide (EtO), a cancer-causing compound that has been connected to a South Memphis plant, by ...

As a toxicologist, I have followed the Environmental Protection Agency’s work on ethylene oxide (EtO) closely, and am concerned about how the recent article titled “A Dirty Business: How the medical ...

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is educating people who live near a Butler County medical sterilization facility about a potential increased health risk. EPA ...

Grist reporters Naveena Sadasivam and Lylla Younes have investigated ethylene oxide emissions at workplaces and fenceline communities around the U.S. since 2023. In addition to the investigation, we ...

A medical sterilization company in Fulton County must pay the state a $51,000 fine after missing its deadline to install filters to reduce emissions of a cancer-causing gas. Sterilization Services of ...