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Medical device sterilizers ask to use EtO to boost hospital mask supply; activists call for FDA to block it
Sterilizers say concerns over "residual EtO" groundless, as studies indicate "no residual" ethylene oxide on decontaminated used N95 masks. -
FDA: Georgia Sterigenics plant needs to reopen to help fight COVID-19
Federal agency says hospitals are running short on "personal protective equipment" to safeguard doctors and nurses from infection, in part, because states shut down medical device sterilization plants over EtO emissions -
Trade orgs warn EPA of shortages in key health care items, spices, if move too harshly vs use of ethylene oxide
American Spice Trade Association and AdvaMed both warn EPA against tightening the screws too tightly on facilities that use EtO to sterilize medical devices and keep spices free from Salmonella and other pathogens. -
EPA data reveals EtO in air, far from targeted emissions sources; Med device makers urge EPA to pump brakes on rules
Industry warns acting on stringent public risk assessment levels 'pose increased risk to public health' -
IL Atty. Gen., others, ask EPA to make national EtO regulations mirror those in Illinois
Illinois' Attorney General has asked the EPA to tighten EtO emissions standards, even after the attorney general had argued those emissions standards had no bearing on the ability of the state to shut down a medical device sterilization plant for emitting EtO. -
Court filing: 'Mere fact' a Gurnee factory used EtO shouldn't allow personal injury emissions lawsuits to continue
Vantage Chemical says federal, state emissions rules should thwart the lawsuits' 'public nuisance' and 'negligence' claims. -
Texas public health findings question EPA's findings over cancer risk from EtO, as controversy rages in Lake County
Texas state officials say cancer incidence lower than U.S. average in county with EtO emissions 300 times higher than U.S. average