Matt Rourke, Associated Press file
A syringe is prepared at a clinic in the Norristown Public Health Center in Norristown, Pa., on Dec. 7, 2021. The Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule Thursday, March 14, 2024, imposing stricter limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment after finding a higher-than-expected cancer risk at facilities that use ethylene oxide to clean billions of devices including catheters and syringes. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) 
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In 2022, the EPA announced it was studying ethylene oxide emissions and how they cause elevated cancer risk, and the federal agency identified Terumo’s Lakewood location as a facility where cancer risks were elevated for the surrounding community.
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