> The EPA division that approves new chemicals usually limits lifetime cancer risk from an air pollutant to 1 additional case of cancer in a million people. That means that if a million people are continuously exposed over a presumed lifetime of 70 years, there would likely be at least one case of cancer on top of those from other risks people already face.
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#EPA Approved #Fuel Ingredient Even Though It Could Cause #Cancer in Virtually Every Person Exposed Over a Lifetime. EPA docs show new #Chevron fuel ingredient has lifetime cancer risk more than 1Mx higher than what agency usually finds acceptable > than another Chevron fuel’s sky-high risk disclosed earlier this year. New #boatfuel ingredient made at #refinery in #MI. Substance can #poison #air and #contaminate #water, EPA officials mandated no remedies #plastics #toxic https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-approved-chevron-fuel-ingredient-cancer-risk-plastics-biofuel