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CLEARING THE AIR: News report illustrates confusion in reporting safety of EtO
Company says data used is outdated, not based on real air monitoring
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A five-year analysis of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) modeling recently mapped out and published by news company ProPublica shows that EtO emissions from Becton Dickinson & Co. in Covington added an estimated 1 in 1,100 excess lifetime cancer risk within the community. BD officials say the data used was outdated and not based on real air monitoring. - photo by Special to The News
An area company scrutinized in years past for its ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions was recently put back under the microscope.