( February 11, 2026, 1:12 PM EST) -- GOLDEN, Colo. — A company that operates a medical equipment sterilization facility is facing charges from a cancer sufferer that it knew that the chemical ethylene oxide (EtO), the primary chemical used in the sterilization process, causes cancer and yet it still released dangerous quantities of it into the environment. As the trial continues in Colorado state court, the jury heard testimony on Feb. 10 from the corporate representative for the sterilization facility who said he was “shocked” when testing data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revealed that the facility was emitting dangerous levels of EtO....