Environmental Integrity Project: 13 Oil Refineries in U.S. Released Cancer-Causing Benzene Above Environmental Protection Agency Action Levels in 2020
April 29, 2021
April 29, 2021
WASHINGTON, April 29 (TNSRep) -- The Environmental Integrity Project issued the following news:
Cancer-causing benzene from oil refineries escaping into mostly minority and lower income neighborhoods exceeded the federal action level for 13 refineries across the U.S. in 2020, according to data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
That meant more communities downwind from refineries in Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Alabama, and Kentucky were at ri . . .
Cancer-causing benzene from oil refineries escaping into mostly minority and lower income neighborhoods exceeded the federal action level for 13 refineries across the U.S. in 2020, according to data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
That meant more communities downwind from refineries in Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Alabama, and Kentucky were at ri . . .