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Darya Minovi was mapping pollution from medical sterilization plants across the country when many of the communities she was speaking to began asking the same question. The facilities emit ethylene oxide, a potent carcinogen, and those who lived nearby wanted to know by how much the emissions were increasing their cancer risk. She turned to data compiled by the Environmental Protection Agency to find out.

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