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Bernama reported that aside from leading to lymphoma and leukemia, ethylene oxide can also seriously irritate the skin and eyes of those who come into contact with the substance and can even trigger birth and hereditary defects.
Brooks said he learned that ethylene oxide has been found to be 60 times more toxic than originally thought.
Source: https://www.claiborneprogress.net/2023/05/26/epa-to-hold-public-hearing-on-deroyal-eto-emissions/
“In 2014 it was 1,841 pounds of ethylene oxide, in 2021, it dropped to 357 pounds,” Egnor said.
Other medical device sterilization companies in Los Angeles County also have faced enforcement from the South Coast Air Quality Management District for emissions of ethylene oxide above mandated thresholds.
The jury found the Oak Brook-based company did not invest in emissions-curbing technology, which would have reduced the amount of carcinogenic gas emitted from its Willowbrook plant, despite knowing the cancer risk ethylene oxide posed to neighbors.
This follows the detection of ethylene oxide, a flammable colourless gas with sweet odour, said to be potentially cancer-causing, in Indomie’s “special chicken” flavour noodles by health officials in Malaysia and Taiwan.
Source: https://punchng.com/cancer-scare-nafdac-begins-test-on-indomie-noodles/
“UCC is in full compliance with all of it’s ethylene oxide related terms and agreements,” said Mandirola.
“We did not only analyze for ethylene oxide and its derivative 2-chloroethanol in the noodles and seasonings; we also analysed for other contaminants such as mycotoxins and heavy metals in the samples.