ʻEtilena ʻokikenehe hui organik me ke ʻano kemika o C2H4O, he kinoea puhi hana. Ke kiʻekiʻe loa kona nui, e hoʻopuka ia i kahi ʻono ʻono.ʻEtilena ʻokikenehe maʻalahi ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i ka wai, a e hana ʻia kahi liʻiliʻi o ka ethylene oxide i ka wā e puhi ai i ka paka. He liʻiliʻi oʻokikene ʻokikenehiki ke loaʻa ma ke kūlohelohe.

Hoʻohana nui ʻia ka Ethylene oxide e hana i ka ethylene glycol, kahi kemika i hoʻohana ʻia e hana i ka antifreeze a me ka polyester. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i loko o nā haukapila a me nā hale hana disinfection e disinfect i nā lako lapaʻau a me nā lako; Hoʻohana ʻia nō hoʻi no ka disinfection meaʻai a me ka kaohi 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

Ka ʻike pōkole ʻana o nā limahana i nā nui kiʻekiʻe oʻokikene ʻokikenei ka lewa (ʻo ka maʻamau he ʻumi tausani mau manawa o ka poʻe maʻamau) e hoʻoulu i nā māmā. ʻO nā limahana i hōʻike ʻia i nā nui kiʻekiʻe oʻokikene ʻokikeneno ka manawa pōkole a lōʻihi paha, e ʻeha paha ka ʻeha poʻo, ka nalowale o ka hoʻomanaʻo, ka maneʻo ʻole, ka nausea a me ka luaʻi.

Ua ʻike ʻia nā noiʻi ua hōʻike ʻia nā wahine hāpai i nā nui kiʻekiʻe oʻokikene ʻokikenema ka wahi hana e hoʻopau ai i ka hāpai ʻana o kekahi mau wahine. ʻAʻole i loaʻa i kekahi noiʻi ʻē aʻe ia hopena. Pono ka noiʻi hou aku e hoʻomaopopo i nā pilikia o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka wā hāpai.

Hanu kekahi mau holoholonaʻokikene ʻokikeneme ke kiʻekiʻe loa o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ke kaiapuni (10000 mau manawa ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka ea waho maʻamau) 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 me ka ulu ʻana, a me nā pilikia hānau kāne. ʻO kekahi mau holoholona i hanu i ka ethylene oxide no kekahi mau mahina i loaʻa pū kekahi maʻi puʻupaʻa a me ka anemia (ua emi ka helu o nā cell koko ʻulaʻula).

Pehea ka hiki ke hoʻoulu ʻia e ka ethylene oxide ka maʻi kanesa

ʻO nā limahana me ka ʻike kiʻekiʻe loa, me ka awelika o ka manawa ʻike ʻia ma mua o 10 mau makahiki, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi mau ʻano maʻi kanesa, e like me kekahi mau maʻi kanesa koko a me ka maʻi kanesa umauma. Ua loaʻa pū nā maʻi kanesa like i ka noiʻi holoholona. Ua hoʻoholo ke Keʻena Ola a me nā Hana Kanaka (DHHS)ʻokikene ʻokikenehe carcinogen i ʻike ʻia no ke kanaka. Ua hoʻoholo ka US Environmental Protection Agency he hopena carcinogenic ko ka hanu ʻana i ka ethylene oxide i nā kānaka.

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

Pono nā limahana e ʻaʻahu i nā aniani pale, nā lole a me nā mīkina lima i ka wā e hoʻohana ai a hana pahaʻokikene ʻokikene, a e komo i nā lako pale hanu inā pono.