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Will the EPA Strengthen Ethylene Oxide Standards Without Outside Interference?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Breathing ethylene oxide in the air over a long period of time is associated with an increased risk of developing cancer, especially white blood cell and breast cancers. Workers at these facilities and children who are exposed are especially at risk. And these regulations are not a surprise to the industry.

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EPA Must Protect Communities from Cancer-Causing Ethylene Oxide

Union of Concerned Scientists

Earlier this month, I provided testimony to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at a public hearing on the proposed rule on sterilization facilities that emit ethylene oxide (EtO), a cancer-causing gas. In fact, the 2016 IRIS risk assessment found that EtO was up to 60 times more toxic than previously understood.

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Ask a Scientist: EPA Failing to Protect Communities from Cancer-Causing Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has known for years that emissions of ethylene oxide —a colorless, odorless gas used to sterilize medical equipment and some food products—pose a long-term cancer risk to communities near commercial sterilizing facilities. This is a blatant example of environmental injustice.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

24, 2016); Alaska Oil & Gas Association v. West Virginia Federal Court Ordered EPA to Evaluate Clean Air Act’s Impacts on Coal Industry. The plan must specifically address how EPA will consider the effects of Clean Air Act regulation on the coal industry. 451962/2016 (N.Y. Pritzker , Nos.

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EPA: U.S. Steel To Pay $1.5 Million Penalty, Make Improvements To settle Air Pollution Violations At Allegheny County Steel Plant

PA Environment Daily

On May 17, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Allegheny County Health Department announced the U.S. million penalty and make extensive improvements at its steel production facility in Braddock, Pennsylvania, as part of a settlement covering longstanding air pollution violations. Steel Corporation will pay a $1.5

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The Problems with the SCOTUS ‘Good Neighbor’ Arguments

Legal Planet

Clean air advocates outside the Supreme Court ahead of the EPA ‘Good Neighbor’ arguments on February 21 (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for SKDK) Megan M. Herzog (former Emmett/Frankel Fellow at UCLA School of Law 2012-2016) and Sean H.

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Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta

Corp Watch

Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for Clean Air Act Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.