ethylene oxide
noun
: a colorless flammable toxic compound C2H4O used especially in synthesis (as of ethylene glycol) and in sterilization and fumigation
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Higher autism severity scores and weaker daily living skills were also linked with ethylene oxide.
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Sharon Lerner, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Higher autism severity scores and weaker daily living skills were also linked with ethylene oxide.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2025
One proclamation targeted exemptions at 39 medical equipment manufacturing facilities, which often use the gas ethylene oxide to sterilize their products.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 25 July 2025
One proclamation exempts about 40 medical device sterilizing plants from requirements to reduce 90 percent of their emissions of cancer-causing ethylene oxide.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 18 July 2025
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Sharon Lerner, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Higher autism severity scores and weaker daily living skills were also linked with ethylene oxide.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2025
One proclamation targeted exemptions at 39 medical equipment manufacturing facilities, which often use the gas ethylene oxide to sterilize their products.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 25 July 2025
One proclamation exempts about 40 medical device sterilizing plants from requirements to reduce 90 percent of their emissions of cancer-causing ethylene oxide.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 18 July 2025
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“Ethylene oxide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethylene%20oxide. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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