( January 6, 2026, 9:41 AM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s ruling that a pollution exclusion bars coverage for underlying bodily injury suits seeking damages caused by exposure to ethylene oxide XE "ethylene oxide" (EtO) released from an insured’s medical device manufacturing facility, agreeing with the lower court’s finding that EtO qualifies as a pollutant pursuant to the language of the policies’ pollution exclusion....