Last week, the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) joined a delegation to Washington, D.C., to advocate on behalf of health care workers and Latino communities across the country. They sought to raise awareness about the growing dangers of ethylene oxide, also known as EtO, a highly carcinogenic gas used to sterilize medical devices. The presidents of the LCLAA chapters in Long Island and Westchester County, New York, Anthony Garcia and Maria Kercado, respectively, joined the delegation. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued a risk assessment that found EtO presents a high cancer risk for workers in sterilization facilities, and is a severe threat to health care workers and the general public.