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It's too bad local news agencies are owned almost exclusively by corporate giants who support the oil industry, otherwise the public might find out that catching a whiff of Chevron gas will almost always result in cancer.
Fuck Chevron. And fuck conservatives for making this world a goddamned nightmare. How long should we just stand here and allow these motherfuckers to continue killing us?
The salient point (emphasis mine):
Federal law requires the EPA to conduct safety reviews before allowing new chemical products onto the market. If the agency finds that a substance causes unreasonable risk to health or the environment, the EPA is not allowed to approve it without first finding ways to reduce that risk.
But the agency did not do that in this case. Instead, the EPA decided its scientists were overstating the risks and gave Chevron the go-ahead
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At this point they've literally just developed a carcinogenic spray that happens to be a hydrocarbon. What the fuck. This cannot be allowed to reach the market.
Is there any actual point to the chemical that chevron wants to add to the fuel mixture, or is it just filler to make the fuel cheaper to produce, thus making more money for chevron?
Having a purpose wouldn't make this ok, but not having a purpose other than filler would make this even more sleazy!
It's fuel made from waste plastic.
So once the process is more refined it would be great, but it's clearly not ready.
made from discarded plastic? that's a good use for plastic, but it seems like recycling with extra steps.
A good use for plastics?
has a lifetime cancer risk more than 1 million times higher than what the agency usually finds acceptable
Yeah, I dunno if I’d call that a good use.
Well if we spray it on the top level staff at the EPA it could bring some benefit.
better than dumping the plastic in the ocean I suppose.
If I’m reading the article correctly, the ingredient is supposed to be used for boat fuel, so even the ocean isn’t safe.
wouldnt the exhaust go into the air though? I suppose some of those exhaust particles would precipitate into the water - so maybe the algae would get cancer? can single celled organisms even get cancer?
not sure what the issue is - if you spend your life out in the sun, you're going to get skin cancer. not sure who's going to get exposed to ship exhaust over their entire life. is the risk of actual cancer really that great?