Mary Ellen Leciejewski notes that DEHP toxicants can migrate from IV bags to patients. The use of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic in medical devices and other products has sparked a strong debate in ...

North Carolina becomes the second state to ban DEHP in medical devices, requiring IV bag manufacturers to phase out usage by 2030.

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Aug. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- ICU Medical Inc. (NASDAQ: ICUI) today announced that it has entered into a long-term agreement with Grifols to distribute a full line of non-PVC/non ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Dr. Eric Mallow, a neonatologist and researcher at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa., May 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- B. Braun Medical Inc., an industry pioneer in offering products not made with DEHP and PVC, will showcase its portfolio of solution containers at the ...

Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, a leading science-based nonprofit organization working to eliminate toxic chemicals that contribute to breast cancer, has called on California lawmakers to pass the ...

To conduct an extensive literature and toxicological database review on substitute compounds and available alternative medical products to replace polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and/or di(2-ethylhexyl) ...

BETHLEHEM, PA--(Marketwired - Jul 18, 2016) - B. Braun Medical Inc., an industry pioneer in eliminating Di-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) and Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) from its medical products, recently ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa., Sept. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- B. Braun Medical Inc. (B. Braun), a leader in infusion therapy and pain management, proudly announces that its entire IV Solutions portfolio not made ...

Kaiser Permanente announced it is converting to more eco-friendly IV medical equipment made without PVC and DEHP, two industrial chemicals that have been shown to harm human and environmental ...