Scientists, physicians and residents of communities near medical device sterilization plants called for the EPA not to weaken ...

Eighty-eight facilities, including one in Hauppauge, would be required to upgrade their monitoring and treatment.

Lynx Medical bought the property in August for $500,000 after the former owner, Cosmed, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...

The Trump administration proposed Friday to loosen rules surrounding emissions of a cancer-causing gas from sterilizer plants. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed rule to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A coalition of local governments, nonprofits and tribes has sued the Trump administration for terminating the Environmental ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many medical devices need to be sterile to be used safely. But sterilizing a pacemaker, catheter, or other device with steam or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Trump administration proposed Friday to loosen rules surrounding emissions of a cancer-causing gas from sterilizer plants. The ...

The EPA estimated that the proposed rule would result in total capital investment cost savings of roughly $280 million across commercial sterilization facilities and an annual compliance cost savings ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has moved to relax air pollution limits on ethylene oxide (EtO), a highly ...

Key Takeaways Federal regulators propose reducing limits on a cancer-linked gasAbout 2.3 million Americans live near these sterilization plantsThe gas helps sterilize about half of U.S. medical ...