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This timeline of events related to ethylene oxide (EtO) includes events related to the uses, concerns, litigation, regulation, and legislation, involving the colorless and flammable gas with the formula C
2H
4O. According to an April 2021 United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) report commissioned by the United States Congress, ethylene oxide is "used to make chemicals that are needed manufacture a variety of products, including antifreeze, textiles, plastics, detergents, and adhesives.[1][2] It is also used to sterilize medical equipment and other items that cannot be sterilized by other methods such as steam."[1] "Studies have found EtO to be carcinogenic at high concentrations over an extended period of time."[3]
1859 French chemist Charles-Adolphe Wurtz first prepared ethylene oxide by treating 2-chloroethanol with potassium hydroxide as a base.[4]
1914 From 1914 until 1937, ethylene oxide was mainly produced using the chlorohydrin process——through which ethylene chlorohydrin was "converted to ethylene oxide by reaction with calcium oxide."[5]
1931 The chlorohydrin process was replaced by the "direct vapour-phase oxidation process, in which ethylene is oxidized to ethylene oxide with air or oxygen and a silver catalyst.[5][6]
1979 Hogstedt et al. reported the results of a historical prospective mortality study which followed employees at a Swedish EtO production facility from 1960 through 1977.[7]
30 July 1981 Ethylene Oxide Industry Council was established.
mid-1980s Both western Europe and North America introduced "new occupational exposure limits" to ethylene oxide. Levels of exposure decreased significantly in those who had the most exposure—"hospital personnel who perform sterilization operations" and facilities that produce sterilized medical items.[8]
1991 National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) scientists published the findings of their "study of mortality in 18,254 U.S. workers exposed to ethylene oxide at 14 industrial facilities in the USA producing sterilized medical supplies and spices" in the New England Journal of Medicine.[9] The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) working group investigating ethylene oxide reported in 2008 that the study by the NIOSH was at that time the "most informative epidemiological investigation."[10]
2002 Over 30 countries were producing ethylene oxide; annual production capacity was 16.3 million tonnes;[11] and consumption globally reached "14.7 million tonnes".[6][12]
2002 A working group of the International Agency for Research on Cancer—an intergovernmental agency forming part of the World Health Organization of the United Nations—which included a "25 scientists from eight countries" investigated several carcinogenic hazards to humans and classified ethylene oxide as "carcinogenic to humans".[2][Notes 1]
December 2016 The National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) Office of Research and Development U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published a 228-page report that provided "scientific support and rationale for the hazard and dose-response assessment in the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) pertaining to carcinogenicity from chronic inhalation exposure to ethylene oxide (EtO)."[13]
2021 Ethylene oxide is "used to sterilize 20 billion medical devices annually in the U.S." alone.[3]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b Chong et al. 2021.
- ^ a b IARC 2008.
- ^ a b Goethe & Whitaker 2021.
- ^ Wurtz 1859.
- ^ a b IARC 2008, p. 188.
- ^ a b Dever et al. 2004, pp. 632–673.
- ^ Hogstedt et al. 1979.
- ^ IARC 2008, p. 282.
- ^ Steenland et al. 1991.
- ^ IARC 2008, p. 283.
- ^ Lacson 2003.
- ^ IARC 2008, p. 288.
- ^ NCEA 2016.
References[edit]
- Chuong, Bao; Mahgoub, Gaida; Lavenburg, Andrew; McGhee-Lenart, Renee; Narimatsu, Julie (15 April 2021). EPA Delayed Risk Communication and Issued Instructions Hindering Region 5's Ability to Address Ethylene Oxide Emissions (PDF). United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office Of Inspector General (Report). Washington, D.C. p. 37. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- Dever, J.P.; George, K.F.; Hoffman, W.C.; Soo, H. (2004). "Ethylene oxide". In Kroschwitz, J.I.; Howe-Grant, M. (eds.). Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. Vol. 10. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
- Hogstedt, Christer; Rohlén, O; Berndtsson, B S; Axelson, O.; Ehrenberg, L (November 1979). "A cohort study of mortality and cancer incidence in ethylene oxide production workers". British Journal of Industrial Medicine. 36 (4): 276–280. ISSN 0007-1072. PMC 1008604. PMID 508639. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
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: CS1 maint: PMC format (link) 36:276-280 (1979). - Hogstedt, Christer; Wegman, David H. (February 2018). "ToxicDocs and the fight against biased public health science worldwide". Journal of Public Health Policy. 39 (1): 15–17. doi:10.1057/s41271-017-0104-x. ISSN 1745-655X. PMID 29348449.
- 1,3-Butadiene, Ethylene Oxide and Vinyl Halides (Vinyl Fluoride, Vinyl Chloride and Vinyl Bromide) (PDF). International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) (Report). IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans Volume. Vol. 97. 2008. pp. 185–287. ISBN 978-92-832-1297-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
Wurtz, Charles-Adolphe (1859). "Sur l'oxyde d'éthylène". Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. 48. Paris: Gauthier-Villars: 101–105.
- Lacson, J. (2003). Ethylene Oxide. SRI Consulting (Report). CEH Marketing Research Report. Zurich.
- Steenland, Kyle; Stayner, Leslie; Greife, Alice; Halperin, William; Hayes, Richard; Hornung, Richard; Nowlin, Sue (16 May 1991). "Mortality among Workers Exposed to Ethylene Oxide". New England Journal of Medicine. 324 (20): 1402–1407. doi:10.1056/NEJM199105163242004. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 2020295. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- US EPA, OAR (25 June 2015). Ethylene Oxide Emissions Standards for Sterilization Facilities: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) (Other Policies and Guidance) (Report). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- "Ethylene oxide - Fact sheets". Retrieved 30 December 2021.
e-4798-ethylene-oxide-safety-data-sheet-sds.pdf (PDF), retrieved 30 December 2021
- ethylene-oxide.pdf (PDF), retrieved 30 December 2021 Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
- Jinot, Jennifer; Bayliss, David; Fritz, Jason; Kahn, Henry D.; Keshava, Nagu; McGaughy, Robert; Subramaniam, Ravi; Valcovic, Larry (December 2016). Evaluation of the Inhalation Carcinogenicity of Ethylene Oxide (CASRN 75-21-8) In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) (PDF). NCEA National Center for Environmental Assessment Office of Research and Development U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Report). Washington, DC. p. 228. Retrieved 30 December 2021. Jinot, Bayliss, Kahn, McGaughy, and Valcovic retired from the EPA with the change of administration under President Donald Trump.
- ProPublica, Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Maya Miller (27 December 2021). "A Laredo plant that sterilizes medical equipment spews cancer-causing pollution on schoolchildren". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
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- Goodman, Brenda; MA; Miller, y. "Cancer Risks Spur Calls to Replace Ethylene Oxide". WebMD. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- "Duckworth, Durbin, Foster & Schneider Ask FDA to Develop Safer Alternatives to Ethylene Oxide | U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois". Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- "Terminal Sterilization Services Market Size Worth $19.5 Billion By 2028: Grand View Research, Inc. - Bloomberg". Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- "Producing ethylene through a more environmentally safe process". College of Engineering and Computing. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- Lim, David; Gardner, Lauren. "CDC director panel backs Pfizer boosters health workers, bucking advisers". POLITICO. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- "Medtech Matters: EtO Sterilization Concerns on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- US EPA, ORD (25 March 2014). "Basic Information about the Integrated Risk Information System" (Collections and Lists). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- IARC. 1,3-Butadiene, Ethylene Oxide and Vinyl Halides (Vinyl Fluoride, Vinyl Chloride and Vinyl Bromide). ISBN 978-92-832-1297-3. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- "Current intelligence bulletin 35 - ethylene oxide (EtO): evidence of carcinogenicity (with reference package)". 28 September 2020. doi:10.26616/NIOSHPUB81130. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
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- "Current intelligence bulletin 35 - ethylene oxide (EtO): evidence of carcinogenicity (with reference package)". 28 September 2020. doi:10.26616/NIOSHPUB81130. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
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- "Medical Device Industry Challenges Misleading Information Campaign About the Safety and Use of Ethylene Oxide in Georgia". AdvaMed. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- Goethe, Maria Thacker; Whitaker, Scott (27 February 2021). "Truth about ethylene oxide". The Covington News. Opinion piece. Covington, Georgia. Retrieved 30 December 2021. The authors of this opinion piece are both associated with the ethylene oxide industry. "Scott Whitaker is president and CEO of the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), the largest trade association in the world representing medical technology and device manufacturers; Maria Thacker Goethe, is CEO of the Center for Global Health Innovation as well as president and CEO of Georgia Bio, Georgia's largest trade association representing its life sciences industry."
- "Homepage". Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- US EPA, OAR (19 August 2019). "Frequent Questions: Regulations for Ethylene Oxide" (Collections and Lists). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- "MERCK LIFE SCIENCE UK LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- texte, Académie des sciences (France) Auteur du (January 1859). "Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences / publiés... par MM. les secrétaires perpétuels". Gallica. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
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- Crunden, E. A. (13 October 2021). "EPA eyes broader oversight of cancer-causing gas". E&E News. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- Waldron, Kiah Collier,Maya Miller,Kathleen Flynn,Al Shaw,Lucas. "A Plant That Sterilizes Medical Equipment Spews Cancer-Causing Pollution on Tens of Thousands of Schoolchildren". ProPublica. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
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Notes[edit]
- ^ The IRAC Working Group reported that "taking into consideration that: ethylene oxide is an alkylating agent that directly reacts with DNA; it induces a dose-related increase in the amount of haemoglobin adducts in humans and rodents; it induces DNA adducts in rodents; it consistently acts as a mutagen and clastogen at all phylogenetic levels; it induces heritable translocations in the germ cells of rodents; and it induces a dose-related increase in the frequency of sister chromatid exchange, chromosomal aberrations, and micronucleus formation in lymphocytes of exposed workers. The two latter effects have been shown to be associated with an increased risk for human cancer."
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