How can ethylene oxide harm workers?
In addition to eye pain and sore throat, exposure to Ethylene oxide can cause difficult breathing and blurred vision. Exposure can also cause dizziness, nausea, headache, convulsions, and blisters and can result in vomiting and coughing. Ethylene oxide is also linked to spontaneous abortion, genetic damage, nerve damage, peripheral paralysis, muscle weakness, as well as impaired thinking and memory. In liquid form, Ethylene oxide can cause severe skin irritation upon prolonged or confined contact.
