Por: ABC News Business April 11, 2023
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 of medical devices each year.The EPA says its proposal will reduce ethylene oxide emissions by roughly 80% by targeting 86 medical sterilization facilities across the United States. The companies will also have to test for the antimicrobial chemical in... + full article
ABC News USA Health April 12, 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed limiting the use of the chemical ethylene oxide after finding a higher than expected cancer risk at facilities that use it to sterilize billions of medical devices each year.The EPA says its proposal will reduce ethylene... + más
To fight cancer, EPA wants sterilizer companies to emit less | ABC News
To fight cancer, EPA wants sterilizer companies to emit less | Associated Press
Associated Press USA Science April 11, 2023
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 of medical devices each year.The EPA says its proposal will by roughly 80% by... + más
The Advocate USA Business March 06, 2023
The says the state is violating federal law by allowing manufacturers to release toxic air pollutants in amounts greater than their permits specify during plant startups, shutdowns and malfunctions, including those resulting from hurricanes, tropical storms or accidents.EPA... + más
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Politico USA Politics March 03, 2023
EPA on Thursday ordered Norfolk Southern to begin testing for dioxins, a family of toxic chemicals that cause cancer and various other ailments, at the site of the East Palestine, Ohio, train crash. The order followed weeks of complaints by local residents that EPA wasn’t... + más
EPA orders testing for highly toxic dioxins at Ohio derailment site | Portland Press Herald
Ohio senators raise alarm on cancer-causing chemical potentially spreading in East Palestine | Fox News
The Advocate USA Business January 12, 2023
A controversial chemical plant near LaPlace is pushing back against mounting pressure from federal regulators to reduce emissions of a likely cancer-causing chemical.The neoprene manufacturing plant on Wednesday sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over longstanding air... + más
Denka tests method to reduce some chloroprene emissions, while EPA orders new monitoring | The Advocate
EPA says Denka wastes emitting likely cancer-causing chemical stored at site | The Advocate
Orlando Sentinel USA Nation November 08, 2022
An industrial facility in Groveland using a cancer-causing gas has been classified by federal authorities as posing elevated risks to nearby residents and is scheduled to be the subject of a virtual public meeting Thursday. Under pressure from health and environmental groups,... + más
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WPLG Local 10 USA Politics October 14, 2022
NEW ORLEANS – The said it has evidence that Black residents in an industrial section of Louisiana face an and that state officials have allowed air pollution to remain high and downplayed its threat.The agency's 56-page letter to Louisiana officials describes early... + más
EPA says state agencies' regulation of air pollution may violate civil rights of Black residents | The Advocate
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