EPA Stands By Initial Cancer Risk Evaluation Of Exposure To Ethylene Oxide

(December 20, 2022, 1:58 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released its final rule for ethylene oxide (EtO) exposure, finding that “the available epidemiological evidence for a causal relationship between ethylene oxide exposure and breast cancer in women was strong, and there were sufficient data to include breast cancer” in the agency’s initial risk assessment issued in 2020....

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