Biden’s 11th-Hour Ethylene Oxide Decision Continues the Environmental Protection Agency’s Expansion Into Occupational Safety

On January 14, 2025, the Biden administration’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posted a last-minute “interim” decision in the Federal Register for its review of ethylene oxide (EtO) under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This decision was the final action among several by the Biden administration’s EPA to address EtO emissions, following a re-assessment in 2016 by the Obama administration that reclassified ethylene oxide from a “probable” carcinogen...
By: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP