( July 21, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order exempting medical sterilization facilities from having to comply with emissions standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for ethylene oxide (EtO), a chemical used in medical sterilization that has been the subject of litigation brought by individuals who contend that they developed cancer from living near sterilization facilities....