Ethylene oxidehe mea hoʻohuihui olaola me ke ʻano kemika o C2H4O. Ke kiʻekiʻe loa kona hoʻopaʻa ʻana, e hoʻopuka i kahi ʻono ʻono.Ethylene oxidehiki ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i loko o ka wai, a e hana ʻia kahi ʻāpana ethylene oxide i ka wā e puhi ai i ka baka. He wahi liʻiliʻi oethylene oxidehiki ke loaʻa ma ke ʻano.

Hoʻohana nui ʻia ka Ethylene oxide e hana i ka ethylene glycol, kahi mea hoʻohana e hana ai i ka antifreeze a me ka polyester. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i loko o nā halemai a me nā keʻena disinfection e disinfect i nā mea lapaʻau a me nā lako; Hoʻohana ʻia no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ka meaʻai a me ka mālama ʻana i nā pest i kekahi mau huahana mahiʻai i mālama ʻia (e like me nā mea ʻala a me nā mea kanu).

Pehea ka hopena o ka ethylene oxide i ke olakino

ʻO ka hōʻike pōkole o nā limahana i nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe oethylene oxidei ka lewa (maʻa mau ʻumi kaukani manawa o ka poʻe maʻamau) e hoʻoulu i ka māmā. Hōʻike ʻia nā limahana i nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe oethylene oxideno ka manawa pōkole a lōʻihi paha e loaʻa i ka maʻi poʻo, nalowale ka hoʻomanaʻo, numbness, nausea a me ka luaʻi.

Ua ʻike nā haʻawina i nā wahine hāpai i ʻike i nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe oethylene oxidema kahi hana e hoʻohālua ʻia kekahi mau wāhine. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia kahi hopena like ʻole. Pono ka noiʻi hou aʻe e hoʻomaopopo i ka pilikia o ka ʻike ʻana i ka wā hāpai.

Inhale kekahi mau holoholonaethylene oxideme ka manaʻo kiʻekiʻe loa i ke kaiapuni (10000 manawa kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka ea maʻamau o waho) no ka manawa lōʻihi (mau mahina a hiki i nā makahiki), kahi e hoʻoulu ai i ka ihu, ka waha a me nā māmā; Aia kekahi mau hopena neurological a hoʻomohala, a me nā pilikia hānau kāne. Ua loaʻa pū kekahi mau holoholona i hoʻomoʻa i ka ethylene oxide no kekahi mau mahina i ka maʻi kīkī a me ka anemia (ua hoʻemi ʻia ka helu o ke koko ʻulaʻula).

Pehea ka hopena o ka ethylene oxide i ke kanesa

ʻO nā limahana me ka ʻike kiʻekiʻe loa, me ka awelika o ka manawa hōʻike ʻoi aku ma mua o 10 mau makahiki, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi ʻano maʻi kanesa, e like me kekahi maʻi maʻi koko a me ka maʻi maʻi umauma. Ua ʻike ʻia nā maʻi maʻi like ʻole ma ka noiʻi holoholona. Ua hoʻoholo ka 'Oihana Ola a me nā lawelawe kanaka (DHHS) i kēlāethylene oxidehe mea make kino kanaka i ikeia. Ua hoʻoholo ka US Environmental Protection Agency i ka inhalation o ka ethylene oxide he hopena carcinogenic i ke kanaka.

Pehea e hōʻemi ai i ka pilikia o ka ʻike ʻana i ka ethylene oxide

E komo nā limahana i nā aniani pale, nā lole a me nā mīkina lima ke hoʻohana a hana ʻia pahaethylene oxide, a hoʻohana i nā mea pale hanu inā pono.