The Dirty Secret in the Industry…
At room temperature, ethylene oxide is a flammable colorless gas with a sweet odor. Ethylene oxide is used as a pesticide and a sterilizing agent. The ability of ethylene oxide to damage DNA makes it an effective sterilizing agent but also accounts for its cancer-causing activity.
Exposure still occuring
Despite industrial precautions, workers and people who live near industrial facilities that produce or use ethylene oxide may be exposed to ethylene oxide through uncontrolled industrial emissions. The general population may also be exposed through the use of products that have been sterilized with ethylene oxide, such as medical products, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics.
More than 50%
The primary routes of human exposure to ethylene oxide are inhalation and ingestion, which may occur through occupational, consumer, or environmental exposure. Medical device sterilizers use this gas to treat approximately 50% of the medical devices in use today.
In 2018 the EPA Shuts Down and Closes numerous EtO Plants due to emissions.
EPA closes plants due to emissions that are linked to increased cancer rates.
Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the government provided these operators a temporary restraining order to allow them back into operation, polluting the environment again.
The EPA and FDA continue to allow these facilities to operate because there has not been a viable solution…
Until now.
Pulse Industries Aims to provide another solution
No Toxic Gas
We do not use any toxic substances in the processing of your medical devices.
Green Clean Solution
We use simple, clean electricity which is generated using renewable energy sources to power our systems.
Here are a list of additional resources on the cancer causing nature of Ethylene Oxide.
Ethylene Oxide in the News