The gas commonly used in gas sterilization is ethylene oxide (EtO).
It was the compulsory sterilization program, based on the "Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring" of 1933. In regulated the enforced sterilization of the mentally handicapped, the blind and the physically deformed among others. The law resulted in 400,000 sterilizations. Although you might not expect it, the idea - and practice - of enforced sterilization of the mentally handicapped first came up in the US, but was discontinued there after a number of years for ethical reasons.
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This is the mandatory sterilization of abnormal or undesirable people.
Forced sterilization.
Mother Teresa did NOT support forced sterilization. Sterilization is against Catholic Church teachings.
Forced sterilization.
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cold sterilization is used to sterilize instruments such as plastics
Flash sterilization is a process used to clean objects. Rapid penetration of steam is used to sterilize and clean the items.
The spread of foreign diseases, extermination by white settlers, lack of food/game due to overhunting by settlers, forced sterilization of native American women by the U.S. government... http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/articles/pages/6242/Forced-Sterilization-of-Native-Americans.HTML
To sterilize instruments.
The gas commonly used in gas sterilization is ethylene oxide (EtO).
Sterilization can be accomplished by heat (as in the autoclave), chemicals (as with glutaraldehyde) or radiation. Your average outpatient office uses heat or chemical sterilization.
Bacterial endospores can be used as indicators of sterilization efficiency because of their ability to enable bacteria to lie dormant for extended periods. If they are present then the sterilization is not efficient to kill them and thus the bacteria.