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EPA Approved a Fuel Ingredient Even Though It Could Cause #Cancer in Virtually Every Person Exposed Over a Lifetime == 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. #Chemicals #Plastic #Plastics #Biofuels #Mississippi #News https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-approved-chevron-fuel-ingredient-cancer-risk-plastics-biofuel?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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[–] spacedancer 1 points 1 year ago

To clarify, it's an ingredient in boat fuel, and they haven't started putting it into production yet.