In 2003, the Ethylene Glycol Panel combined with the Ethylene Oxide Industry Council (EOIC) to form the Ethylene Oxide/Ethylene Glycols Sector Group. The group focuses on the generation, collection, evaluation and dissemination of information pertinent to the safe handling and environmental and health effects arising from production, storage, transportation, use and disposal of ethylene oxide and ethylene glycols.
Ethylene Oxide
A Versatile Building Block of Chemistry
Ethylene oxide is used to make household cleaners and personal care items, create fabrics, and manufacture raw materials into more useful forms. A small but important use of ethylene oxide is the sterilization of medical equipment, including the sterilization of personal protective equipment used by doctors and hospitals across the country.
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Ethylene Oxide Facts
- Ethylene oxide is a versatile and valuable compound that’s used to help make countless everyday products. Ethylene oxide is used to make household cleaners and personal care items, create fabrics, and manufacture raw materials into more useful forms. A small but important use of ethylene oxide is the sterilization of medical equipment, including the sterilization of personal protective equipment used by doctors and hospitals across the country.
- Companies that make and work with ethylene oxide are actively investing in research and cutting-edge product stewardship technologies so that they can continue to help protect the health of our communities.
- This starts with the regulations set out by the Environmental Protection Agency and state agencies. But these companies go beyond simply following regulations. They continuously revise and improve industry’s safety practices and procedures.
- As a result of these actions, industrial ethylene oxide emissions have already fallen nationwide by over 80% since 2002.
Sustainable Chemistry
Ethylene Oxide promotes health and well-being through its important use in the sterilization of medical equipment, including the sterilization of personal protective equipment used by doctors and hospitals across the country during the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.