EPA Agrees To House Push To Boost EtO Air Monitors, ‘Consider’ Risks

December 9, 2021
EPA is moving to enhance air monitoring near facilities emitting the industrial solvent ethylene oxide (EtO), and will “consider” health risks in a forthcoming technology review for commercial sterilizers, but it remains unclear whether the agency will ultimately conduct a formal risk review sought by lawmakers, environmentalists and the agency’s Inspector General. Sources say that at a meeting with the bipartisan congressional EtO task force on Dec. 8, EPA Administrator Michael Regan and acting air chief Joe Goffman gave some...


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