As EPA Readies Rules, Study Backs Stricter Limits On Facilities Emitting EtO

A long-awaited EPA risk analysis has found that cancer risks from emissions of ethylene oxide (EtO) from a now-shuttered sterilization plant in a Chicago suburb could be lowered if further controls are installed at the facility, findings that suggest upcoming agency air toxics rules governing EtO emissions could seek to strengthen current requirements. EPA released the study at a May 29 community meeting, telling those present that their estimate of “risks at recent, pre-seal order operating/emissions levels [of the Willowbrook,...