Trump’s EPA could limit its own ability to use new science to strengthen air pollution rules

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By Lisa Song, ProPublicaJan 11, 2026, 2:00 pm310 ptsTop
Ethylene oxide was once considered an unremarkable pollutant. The colorless gas seeped from relatively few industrial facilities and commanded little public attention. All that changed in 2016, when the Environmental Protection Agency completed a study that found the chemical is 30 times more carcinogenic…

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