In 2023, the EPA proposed new regulations for medical device sterilizing facilities that use ethylene oxide, finalizing that rule this March. The rule sets limits on 88 commercial sterilization ...

A new electrochemical process that makes ethylene oxide could help slash the carbon footprint of this important commodity chemical. The strategy is part of a burgeoning effort to green the chemical ...

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 ...

Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized new regulations to govern the more than 80 industrial facilities across the nation that use ethylene oxide, a highly potent and toxic ...