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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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The EPA decided its scientists were overstating the risks and gave Chevron the go-ahead to make the new boat fuel ingredient at its refinery in Pascagoula, Mississippi.

Poor Mississippi.

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[–] fluke@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

It was practically the entire automotive industry, not just VW.

They got the namesake simply because they were the first to be exposed for it.