Draft SAB Report Suggests EPA Consider 'More Balanced' EtO Risk Modeling

Science advisors reviewing EPA's draft assessment of the human health risks of the sterilizing chemical ethylene oxide (EtO) are indicating in a first public draft of their review report that EPA should consider a "much more balanced and objective" approach to modeling the chemical's cancer risks, and urge the agency to present analysis showing unit risk estimates calculated from multiple models. This is the second time peer reviewers have urged the agency to modify its modeling approach in the long-running...