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EPA Approved a Fuel Ingredient Even Though It Could Cause Cancer in Virtually Every Person Exposed Over a Lifetime (www.propublica.org)
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An EPA document shows that a new Chevron fuel ingredient has a lifetime cancer risk more than 1 million times higher than what the agency usually finds acceptable — even greater than another Chevron fuel’s sky-high risk disclosed earlier this year.

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[–] SmolderingSauna@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago

Trump gutted the EPA. Chevron is, it seems, taking full advantage of the weakened watchdog.