I-Ethylene oxide ibonwa njengesibulala-magciwane esisebenza kahle kakhulu esisebenza ngegesi, okwamanje kubangela umonakalo omkhulu empilweni yomuntu, ekhombisa amazinga obuthi adlula lawo e-chloroform ne-carbon tetrachloride.
Ekuqaleni, iqondise umgudu wokuphefumula, okudala izimpawu ezifana nesicanucanu, ukuhlanza, isifo sohudo, nobuhlungu, kanye nokucindezelwa kwesistimu yezinzwa. Ezimweni ezinzima, kungase kudlulele ekucindezelekeni kokuphefumula kanye ne-pulmonary edema.