Trump proposes to loosen rules for cancer-causing gas from sterilizer plants

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The Trump administration's EPA proposed loosening emissions rules for sterilizer plants that emit ethylene oxide, a gas linked to lymphoma, leukemia, myeloma, and breast cancer. Critics are concerned the rollback puts public health at risk by relaxing safety standards for cancer-causing industrial emissions. The proposal marks a significant regulatory shift in environmental health policy.

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 loosen requirements for sterilizer plants that emit a gas known as ethylene oxide. The EPA says ethylene oxide can cause lymphoma, myeloma and lymphocytic leukemia, as well as breast cancer…