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Report
An EPA scientist does lab work.

Getting Science Back on Track

The latest Union of Concerned Scientists survey of federal scientists shows the powerful, positive effects of strengthening scientific integrity policies under President Biden.
Video
A still from the video Federal Scientists Survey: Getting Science Back on Track in the Biden Administration (2023).

Federal Scientists Survey 2023

The latest Union of Concerned Scientists survey of federal scientists shows the powerful, positive effects of strengthening scientific integrity policies under President Biden.
Podcast
Got Science? The Podcast - Naomi Oreskes

Trust But Verify

Science Historian Naomi Oreskes explains why science's social character makes it trustworthy, and what we can learn from science's past.
Case Study
A map of ethylene oxide-emitting facilities in Grand Prairie, Texas.

Texas

Two sterilizers—Sterigenics and Cosmed of Texas—are located less than a mile apart in Grand Prairie, Texas, roughly 25 miles east of Fort Worth.
Case Study
A map of ethylene oxide-emitting facilities in Memphis, Tennessee.

Memphis, Tennessee

Tennessee has two commercial sterilizer facilities that emit ethylene oxide (EtO), Sterilization Services of Tennessee in Memphis and DeRoyal Industries/Royal Sterilization in New Tazewell.
Case Study
A map of ethylene oxide-emitting facilities in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

The commonwealth of Puerto Rico bears a disproportionate burden of ethylene oxide (EtO) pollution from commercial sterilizer facilities.
Case Study
A map of ethylene oxide-emitting facilities in New Jersey/Metropolitan New York City

New Jersey

Two commercial sterilizers in New Jersey—EtO Sterilization in Linden, and Steris Isomedix in South Plainfield—are located within the metropolitan New York City area.
Case Study
A map of ethylene oxide-emitting facilities in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota.

Minnesota

All six of Minnesota's commercial sterilizer facilities are located in the metropolitan Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
Case Study
A map showing the locations of ethylene oxide-emitting facilities in Baltimore, Maryland.

Maryland

The two commercial sterilizer facilities in metropolitan Baltimore, located in Hanover and Jessup, stand roughly three miles apart.
Case Study
A map of ethylene oxide-emitting facilities in Atlanta, Georgia.

Georgia

Two commercial sterilizer facilities in Atlanta, Georgia—Sterigenics and Sterilization Services of Georgia—are located less than 10 miles apart.