State environmental officials say a warehouse operated by a medical sterilizing company in Covington, a suburb of Atlanta, is releasing high levels of the toxic gas ethylene oxide.
The state’s Environment Protection Division has charged the company, BD — which also runs a sterilizing plant in Covington — with a violation for operating the warehouse, which is a global distribution center, without an air quality permit.
BD has until 1 p.m. Friday to respond to the state’s “notice of violation.’’
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