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Cal/OSHA Penalizes Firm $838,000 For ‘Overexposing’ Workers To EtO


March 24, 2023 at 04:17 PM
California OSHA (Cal/OSHA) is issuing 18 citations to a medical device sterilization company for allegedly failing to protect its employees from overexposure to the toxic solvent ethylene oxide (EtO), amid a growing battle over EPA-crafted risk levels for the carcinogen that industry has argued are unreasonably strict.

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