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What is Ethylene Oxide? Answers to Your Questions about the Cancer-Causing Chemical

Union of Concerned Scientists

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Toxicology Program, and the International Association of Research on Cancer classify EtO as a substance that can cause certain cancers. This group pressed the EPA to support the adoption of a far less protective standard based on the TCEQ’s analysis.

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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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State Air Regulations Can Go Above and Beyond National Standards 

Legal Planet

States and local air quality regulators have the legal authority to set particulate matter (PM), ozone, and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions standards and adopt regulations for these pollutants when they are already in attainment of the national ambient air quality standards ( NAAQS ) set by the U.S.

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In Wake of COVID-19, USEPA Allows On-Site Inspections to be Replaced by Off-Site Monitoring Activities

Environment Next

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has suspended requirements for state agencies to perform on-site compliance inspections in favor of off-site monitoring alternatives. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S.

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Ask a Scientist: UCS Transportation Program Adds Equitable Mobility to its Portfolio

Union of Concerned Scientists

In 1966, vehicles were responsible for nearly 60 percent of the 146 million tons of pollutants discharged into the air across the United States. Both agencies have been leading the way on recovering ridership, which has been steadily increasing nationwide since its initial drop in March 2020. Transit agencies in Washington, D.C.,

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DEP Holds Virtual Hearing Sept. 22 On Air Quality Permit Renewal For Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility In Delaware County

PA Environment Daily

On September 3, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it will receive public comments and host a virtual public hearing regarding a Title V/State Operating Permit renewal request for Covanta Delaware Valley, LP, a waste to energy facility in the City of Chester, Delaware County.

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Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta

Corp Watch

Shell campaign IndustriALL Global Union | May 22, 2020 IndustriALL is calling on Shell to engage with unions on a global level in a campaign to limit precarious work, improve health and safety, and ensure that Shell applies the same high-level standards at its operations everywhere, including suppliers. billion pounds of ethylene a year.