LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Laredo Public Health Department has been testing local air for ethylene oxide, a chemical linked to ...

Iffat Walker didn’t realize how close a facility that had been emitting a toxic chemical shown to cause lymphoma and breast cancer was to her family until she pulled up a map. Her mother’s home in ...

A pilot air monitoring study in Laredo found varying levels of ethylene oxide, prompting officials to call for expanded ...

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 ...

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Nearly two decades after federal scientists concluded ethylene oxide is far more dangerous than previously thought, President Joe Biden’s administration is moving to dramatically reduce emissions from ...

The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board examined the 2023 incident that led to the release of cancer-causing ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized tighter standards and enhanced worker protections Thursday for medical sterilization facilities that use the colorless gas ethylene oxide (EtO), ...

The Sabic affiliate has awarded a Chinese contractor the project to build a new 4,000-tonne-a-year ethylene oxide catalyst ...

A colorless, odorless compound, ethylene oxide (EtO), is commonly used as a reaction intermediate in producing ethylene glycol or sterilizing medical products. Although EtO is vital to produce medical ...

There are a few fundamental chemicals that are the building blocks to most thing that we use and one of them is ethylene oxide or EtO. EtO is used to make plastics, glycols, detergents, solvents, ...

Ineos Oxide and Houston-based chemical company LyondellBasell have completed the sale of the latter’s ethylene oxide and derivatives (EO&D) business and associated production facilities located in ...