Sterigenics Told to Halt Georgia Ethylene Oxide Emissions Upgrade

摘要

Medical supply sterilizer Sterigenics was told to keep its Atlanta-area facility closed for now, and to haltwork on emissions-control upgrades while local building and fire officials consider new safetyrequirements for the building.The company—like other medical sterilizers including Becton, Dickinson & Co.—remains under scrutinyover the potential health effects related to its ethylene oxide emissions, which have been linked toelevated cancer risk. But shutdowns of some sterilization facilities have also prompted shortages inmedical devices that can’t be properly cleaned.