Virginia AG Joins 13 States to Block EPA Rollback | Virginia Beach News

Virginia’s attorney general is leading a coalition of 13 states in a bold legal challenge against the EPA, fighting to block the Trump administration’s rollback of strict new rules on ethylene oxide — a cancer-causing chemical used to sterilize medical equipment. These rules, enacted in 2024 based on emerging science, forced facilities to capture emissions and monitor leaks, directly protecting public health. The EPA’s own website bizarrely claims these rules harm medical supply chains — ignoring the fact that exposure to ethylene oxide is what causes illness and death, driving the need for sterilization in the first place. This move echoes past deregulatory efforts targeting climate rules, revealing a troubling pattern of prioritizing industry over communities. In Virginia alone, sterilization plants have already been flagged for cancer risks — including one that recently leaked nearly 600 pounds due to a faulty valve. Attorney General Jay Jones made it clear: Virginians won’t tolerate science being sidelined or their health sacrificed for corporate convenience. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/cf852df1f18538ae