sterilization

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"Animals may receive contraception or sterilization to prevent breeding, creating natural comparison groups within the same environment."

From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2026

When the time comes, these words from Ms. Antonetta will merit consideration: “Programs of euthanasia and sterilization don’t just live in the past, terrible but finished. Their aftershocks are terrible and here.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

All three belong to Sterigenics, a company that provides industrial sterilization technology for medical devices and other commercial products at two locations in Los Angeles and one in San Bernardino County.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2025

Power outages are common, and many hospitals run short of nursing staff or consumables such as water and alcohol for sterilization.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 27, 2024

There are possibilities, too, that insects of medical importance might be controlled by sterilization.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson