Sterilizer Sues EPA Over EtO Pesticides Rule Aimed At Protecting Workers

A medical sterilizer is suing EPA over its rule limiting occupational exposures to ethylene oxide (EtO) under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), a move that comes after the agency announced it will reconsider its air toxics rules for such facilities and puts more pressure on EPA to overturn a key EtO risk assessment. In a lawsuit filed March 25, ARC Specialty Products sued EPA in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit over the agency’s...