The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) has opened an investigation into Becton Dickinson’s (NYSE:BDX) medical device sterilization plant in Covington, Ga. following an eight-day leak of the sterilant gas ethylene oxide (EO). The EPD notified BD this week that it was dissatisfied with the company’s reporting of the valve leak that released 54 lbs. of ethylene oxide […]
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Georgia mayor wants BD sterilization plant shuttered for now
The mayor of Covington, Ga. has asked Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) to temporarily shut down a plant there following a weeklong leak of the gas it uses to sterilize medical devices. A letter from Mayor Ronnie Johnston says that independent air quality tests performed for the city from Sept. 17 to Sept. 24 revealed “particularly high levels of […]
Ga. wants more emissions testing at Sterigenics’ Atlanta sterilization plant
Georgia state officials want more test results from Sterigenics before they will allow the company to reopen its medtech sterilization plant in Atlanta. In a letter dated Wednesday, the state Environmental Protection Division (EPD) told Sterigenics to test new emissions-control equipment that the company installed after voluntarily closing the plant Aug. 26, and to report […]