Scientists have discovered a potentially greener way to produce a crucial industrial chemical used to make many everyday products, from plastics and textiles to antifreeze and disinfectants, according ...

A chemical known to increase the risk of cancer is far more prevalent in the air along the Mississippi River corridor between Baton Rouge and New Orleans than previously thought, a new study has found ...

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Tuesday to limit the use of the chemical ethylene oxide after finding higher than expected cancer risk at facilities that use it to sterilize billions of ...

Chemical plants will have to curb certain emissions under a new rule aimed at slashing cancer risk for those nearby. The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday issued a final rule on pollutants ...

Every day, employees in sterilization plants, medical supply warehouses, and industrial facilities inhale a chemical that could quietly kill them. Ethylene oxide (EtO) is used to sterilize about 20 ...