EPA Watchdog Unsatisfied With Agency Response on Ethylene Oxide

The EPA’s internal watchdog isn’t satisfied with the agency’s update about what it’s doing to address carcinogenic chloroprene and ethylene oxide emissions.

The Environmental Protection Agency still hasn’t committed to doing new residual risk reviews, developing criteria to determine whether new residual risk reviews are needed, or revising its standards for chemical manufacturing area sources to regulate ethylene oxide, the EPA Office of Inspector General said in a memo published on Thursday.

The memo comes in response to a July letter in which the EPA detailed the steps it was taking against cancerous chemicals that likely affect nearly a half ...