The EPA is proposing looser limits on ethylene oxide emissions, a gas used to sterilize many medical devices that is also linked to cancer.

A bill aimed at reducing the overpopulation of cats in Hawaii continues to progress through the state Legislature. House Bill ...

Ethylene oxide rarely makes headlines, yet it quietly sterilizes about half of all medical devices used in the United States. Now, the gas is at the center of a heated regulatory battle after the EPA ...

A bill aimed at reducing the overpopulation of cats in Hawaii continues to progress through the state Legislature. House Bill 1736 establishes a special spay-neuter fund, but also requires owners of ...

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Friday to weaken air pollution limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical ...

The gas, ethylene oxide, plays a crucial role in sterilizing medical devices. But long-term exposure is linked to several ...

An estimated 50% of sterile medical devices in the U.S. are treated with ethylene oxide. It is also a known carcinogen.

Suzette Brewer of the Cherokee Nation reflects on her long reporting journey, which investigated the widespread sterilization of Indigenous people and their centuries-long fight for reproductive ...

The first time Elena Giacci (Diné) heard of forced sterilization, she was at a conference. It was 1994, and she had just ...