Ethylene oxide is a cancer-causing hazardous air pollutant that is used to sterilize medical products , among other things – we’ve blogged about ethylene oxide pollution several times .    Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has moved the sticks on regulating ethylene oxide pollution yet imposed by the 2024 rule, mostly having to do with facilities that use 10 or more tons per year of ethylene EPA has scheduled a virtual public hearing for its proposed revisions to the ethylene oxide NESHAPs for

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the interim decision for Ethylene Oxide (EtO) – a pesticide

Editor's Note: The EPA on April 5, 2024, finalized its ethylene oxide rule, which is effective immediately The final amendments to the air toxics standards for ethylene oxide commercial sterilization facilities put in place the strongest measures in U.S. history to reduce emissions of ethylene oxide, one of the EPA is also working to strengthen standards to reduce ethylene oxide and other toxic pollutants from Conducting research to better understand and measure ethylene oxide

Protection Agency (EPA) this week announced it is proposing new health protections to reduce exposure to Ethylene By way of background, Ethylene Oxide is a colorless gas with a slightly sweet odor used to make other Information for the public to register for the webinar will be available on EPA’s Hazardous Air Pollutants: Ethylene

facilities (they sterilize medical equipment and devices and more) that use the hazardous air pollutant ethylene The determination was startling: It found emissions of ethylene oxide from these facilities increase For the uninitiated: Ethylene oxide is a flammable gas with a somewhat sweet odor and in addition to As a result of this risk assessment, EPA will propose more stringent regulations governing ethylene oxide EPA will hold a national public webinar to provide more information to communities at risk from ethylene

sterilization facility was on a list of facilities that utilize a hazardous air pollutant known as ethylene Because the facility uses less than 1 ton of ethylene oxide per year, it is exempt from the permitting National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants for commercial sterilization facilities that use ethylene voluntarily install pollution control equipment that is expected to reduce its existing emissions of ethylene American Contract Systems’ neighbors will no longer face an increased risk of cancer from its emissions of ethylene

electric generating units; Synthetic organic chemical manufacturing; Sterilization facilities that use ethylene Systems  in Zelienople are requesting exemptions from the NESHAPs for sterilization facilities that use ethylene

.: NESHAPs for Facilities that Use Ethylene Oxide to Sterilize Medical Devices or Equipment American Contract Systems (ACS) of Zelienople and Cosmed Group Inc.of Erie are facilities that use ethylene oxide We   blogged  about the efforts by these sources to come into compliance with the Ethylene Oxide Emission

address any air toxic pollutant, air toxics of particular interest to EPA in this competition include ethylene

DEP did measure concentrations of air toxics such as formaldehyde, ethyl benzene, and xylene at the fence