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EPA Approved a Fuel Ingredient Even Though It Could Cause #Cancer in Virtually Every Person Exposed Over a Lifetime
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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.

#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

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.

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Aug 4, 2023 at 10:28amWeb
Show threadGatekeeper..Aug 4, 2023
@ProPublica
The EPA is a business. They get paid off on a regular basis.
Show threadEdgeAug 4, 2023

@ProPublica Another piece that shows Propublica is doing the best work out there.

If you can, you might consider supporting them.

Show threadAndrewAug 4, 2023
@ProPublica shocked after who has been running g th show..
Show threadALAug 4, 2023

@ProPublica
its this kind of #largeCorp thinking that will kill us all. The #mindless drive to max profit at all cost including your life
but hey just look at the stock numbers; fewer people having more money is the only measure of success.
, its not all bad.

My answer, yes it is.

Show threadNicole ParsonsAug 4, 2023

@ProPublica

#KochNetwork has thwarted environmental protection in every democracy
https://www.desmog.com/2019/03/27/guns-climate-denial-conspiracies-al-jazeera-australian-far-right-one-nation-koch/

https://www.desmog.com/2022/09/20/petroleum-papers-geoff-dembicki-oil-sands-canada-exxon-imperial-syncrude-climate-denial/

https://www.desmog.com/2017/01/06/regulation-one-for-one-house-bill-koch-canada/

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10052012/koch-industries-brothers-tar-sands-bitumen-heavy-oil-flint-pipelines-refinery-alberta-canada/

https://thenarwhal.ca/koch-lawsuit-canada-cap-trade/

https://www.desmog.com/2018/12/04/spiked-lm-dark-money-koch-brothers/

https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-defends-ford-against-koch/

https://theintercept.com/2022/06/30/supreme-court-epa-climate-charles-koch/

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2022/07/supreme-court-curbs-epa-regulatory-power-after-koch-tied-groups-push/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/epx357/koch-brothers-epa-supreme-court-climate-change

Guns, Climate Denial and Conspiracies: Al Jazeera Captures Australian Far Right Political Figures Meeting Koch Industries

Sitting in the offices of Koch Industries in Washington D.C., far-right Australian politician Steve Dickson shows his hand in a request for their cash. “This lefty attitude that just thinks solar and wind are going to change the world for the better … it’s sending us all broke,” Dickson, the Queensland leader of the political party One […]

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Show threadT.WllmsAug 4, 2023

@ProPublica

We just aren't a very smart people... a complete failure to learn from history, science and previous mistakes.

People die, profits go into trusts forever...

Show threadTwinscalesAug 4, 2023
@ProPublica FFS will the ghost of Charles Midgley Jr. just GO AWAY.
Show threadD's lack of faith in humanityAug 4, 2023
@ProPublica Not surprised, just fucking disappointed.
Show threadHelenaAug 4, 2023
@ProPublica more reason to buy electric
Show threadSenator BrownshirtAug 4, 2023

@ProPublica

Because the EPA has the sanctity of human health at heart.

Show thread🌊Ann Morris🐕🍀🌎🌊🌊Aug 5, 2023
@ProPublica The Environmental Poisoning Agency.
Show threadTech ProphetAug 6, 2023
@ProPublica Though the #EPA's approval may seem rash, they argue that the cancer risks were significantly overestimated. Perhaps they’re weighing the environmental benefits of #Biofuels? The situation demands more insight, not immediate condemnation. #Chevron