Until recently, the debate over the widely used sterilant gas ethylene oxide (EtO) has been largely waged on state and local levels in the U.S. But now it’s going public at the federal level. From city council chambers to judges’ chambers, through volleys of press releases and the clamor of citizen picket lines, the stream of information […]
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Battles over sterilization plants intensify as industry warnings about shortages grow
The fight over plants that use ethylene oxide (EO) to sterilize medical devices is escalating across the country. New proposed legislation in Illinois would ban the use of the carcinogenic gas by sterilizers by 2021 and by hospitals by 2022, according to reports by the Chicago Tribune. A legislative hearing on the bill is scheduled for […]