Health eCareers on MSN

The contraception conversation no one prepares you for

Contraception counseling is often framed as a quick clinical checklist: confirm pregnancy status, review contraindications, ...
archive

Sterilized by the state : eugenics, race, and the population scare in twentieth-century North America

Ask the publishers to restore access to 500,000+ books. An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. A line drawing of the Internet Archive headquarters building ...
Federal Register

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Ethylene Oxide Emissions Standards for Sterilization Facilities Residual Risk and Technology Review Reconsideration

This document has been published in the Federal Register. Use the PDF linked in the document sidebar for the official electronic format.
U.S. News & World Report

New EPA Rule Could Loosen Limits on Medical Device Sterilization Gas Emissions

New EPA Rule Could Loosen Limits on Medical Device Sterilization Gas Emissions By HealthDay Staff HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, March 16, 2026 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ...
Medical Xpress

New EPA rule could loosen limits on medical device sterilization gas emissions

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to loosen limits on emissions of ethylene oxide, a gas used to sterilize many medical devices that is also linked to cancer. The proposal, ...
Los Angeles Times

Federal EPA moves to roll back recent limits on ethylene oxide, a carcinogen

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Environmental Protection Agency proposes to roll back Biden-era limits on ethylene oxide, a carcinogen often ...
PBS

EPA proposes weaker pollution limits for chemical used to sterilize medical devices

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Friday to weaken air pollution limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment, a move that would reverse a Biden administration ...
Associated Press

EPA moves to weaken pollution limits on chemical used to sterilize medical equipment

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Donald Trump listens as Environmental ...
U.S. News & World Report

EPA Moves to Weaken Pollution Limits on Chemical Used to Sterilize Medical Equipment

EPA Moves to Weaken Pollution Limits on Chemical Used to Sterilize Medical Equipment WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Friday to weaken air pollution limits on a chemical ...
Grist

Trump EPA moves to repeal regulation of cancer-linked chemical ethylene oxide

Many medical devices need to be sterile to be used safely. But sterilizing a pacemaker, catheter, or other device with steam or heat could damage its structural integrity. So medical device ...
The New York Times

E.P.A. Moves to Weaken Limits on a Cancer-Causing Gas

The gas, ethylene oxide, plays a crucial role in sterilizing medical devices. But long-term exposure is linked to several types of cancer and other ailments. By Maxine Joselow Reporting from ...
centerforhealthjournalism

Stolen Bloodlines: Sterilization and the fight for reproductive justice in Indian Country

Years ago, while researching another story, I stumbled across an image of a 1976 newspaper clipping that stopped me cold. The shocking headline, “Government Admits Sterilizing 3,400 Native American ...