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Ethylene oxide is a hazardous air pollutant. Because ethylene oxide is emitted in Texas and has been determined to be a carcinogen, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) undertook an inhalation carcinogenic dose-response assessment to derive a toxicity factor for ethylene oxide. An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will review TCEQ’s Ethylene Oxide Carcinogenic Dose-Response Assessment Development Support Document.
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Review of Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's Ethylene Oxide Development Support Document
Consensus Study Report
·2025
Ethylene oxide is primarily produced in Texas and Louisiana with sites in Texas accounting for nearly half of all emitted ethylene oxide in the United States. Because ethylene oxide is emitted in Texas and has been determined by other agencies to be a carcinogen, the Texas Commission on Environmenta...
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