If industry-backed law passes, EPA couldn't use the science behind hundreds of environmental protections
The proposed law introduced would bar the federal Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments ...
MedTech Dive11d
EPA to reconsider emissions standards for medical device sterilizers
Last year, the EPA issued a final rule that would limit emissions of ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing gas used to sterilize ...
The Hill8d
While Trump pledges to combat toxics, his EPA moves to loosen chemical rules
Among the regulations the agency says it may reverse is a Biden-era rule regulating emissions of the carcinogen ethylene ...
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Review of TCEQ’s Ethylene Oxide Development Support Document: Public Release Report Briefing
Because ethylene oxide is emitted in Texas and has been determined by other agencies to be a carcinogen, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) undertook a carcinogenic dose-response ...
Trump talks tough on toxics but is rolling back rules
Click for more from The Hill.{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump talks tough on toxics ...
JD Supra18d
Litigation Minute: Emerging Contaminants: What's on the Horizon?
What You Need to Know in a Minute or Less - Emerging contaminants are synthetic or natural chemicals that have not been fully assessed from a ...
The Daily Dot24d
Expert claims one 5-ounce serving of French fries is as bad as 25 cigarettes. Here’s why
This is a Group 1 carcinogen known to cause cancer by the ... polyaromatic hydrocarbons, benzene, and ethylene oxide—not aldehydes. French fries don’t contain these chemicals in anywhere ...
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DC Circuit rejects EPA bid to freeze case challenging carcinogen regs
Federal judges have nixed EPA’s bid to freeze proceedings in high-stakes litigation over strengthened regulations on releases of a potent carcinogen ... plants that use ethylene oxide to ...