A loophole in the EPA’s new sterilizer rule leaves warehouse workers vulnerable

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By Naveena SadasivamMar 22, 2024, 4:30 am214 pts
This story was produced in partnership with Atlanta News First. Thousands of warehouse workers across the U.S. are likely regularly exposed to the cancer-linked chemical ethylene oxide. More than half of the country’s medical equipment is sterilized with the compound, which the EPA considers a carcinogen.…

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