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INFOGRAPHIC: Ethylene Oxide

EH MATTERS fellow Jennifer Ahumada (USC Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, ‘24) led the infographic in collaboration with the Environmental Justice Research Lab.

Ethylene Oxide Infographic by EH
Ethylene Oxide Infographic SPANISH by EH

References

EtO: https://www.osha.gov/ethylene-oxide

https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2016-09/documents/ethylene-oxide.pdf

https://www.epa.gov/hazardous-air-pollutants-ethylene-oxide/our-current-understanding-ethylene-oxide-eto

https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/iris/iris_documents/documents/toxreviews/1025tr.pdf

https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp137.pdf

Health Effects:

https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2016-09/documents/ethylene-oxide.pdf

https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/substances/ethylene-oxide

https://www.osha.gov/ethylene-oxide

Hierarchy of Risk:

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/hierarchy/default.html

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac7967/pdf

Limits:

https://oehha.ca.gov/proposition-65/chemicals/ethylene-oxide

https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2016-09/documents/ethylene-oxide.pdf

https://oehha.ca.gov/air/chemicals/ethylene-oxide

Hydrogen Peroxide: https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:iso:22441:ed-1:v1:en

EtO releases reported to EPA, by facility: https://enviro.epa.gov/triexplorer/tri_release.chemical

Vernon: http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/eh/docs/safety/sterigenics-community-update-flyer-2022.08.17-en.pdf

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