TOMORROW: Embargoed Press Call with EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe on Proposal to Protect Public Health, Reduce Exposure to Ethylene Oxide Pollution

Contact: EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov)

WASHINGTON (April. 10, 2023) – Tomorrow, April 11 at 9:00 AM ET, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe and senior officials from the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention and the Office of Air and Radiation will hold an on-the-record, embargoed press briefing to announce two significant new sets of actions to reduce exposure to Ethylene Oxide (EtO).

Deputy Administrator McCabe, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention Michal Freedhoff and Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation Joe Goffman will be available for questions following remarks.

Who:

  • EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe
  • Deputy Assistant Administrator for Stationary Sources in Office of Air and Radiation, Tomás Carbonell
  • Assistant Administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention Michal Freedhoff

What:
Press briefing and Q&A on EPA’s significant new sets of actions to reduce exposure to EtO.

When:
Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 11 at 9:00 AM ET.

RSVP: Media who wish to participate should sign up here no later than 8:00 AM ET tomorrow, Tuesday, April 11:

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Meeting ID: 161 352 2834

Press who RSVP will receive an embargoed press release with additional details before the call. These details and the call will be embargoed until 11:00 AM ET on Tuesday, April 11, 2023.

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