State Attorney General leads resistance to proposed EPA regulations of EtO
Sterilization Services of Tennessee is located in South Memphis. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed tighter restrictions on ethylene oxide, or EtO, which is used in a South Memphis facility. But 20 state attorneys general are urging the EPA to forgo or defer the regulations.
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Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Southern Environmental Law Center ethylene oxideKeely Brewer
Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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