Chevron Waste Plastic Boat Fuels

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The US Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] has approved an ingredient, made from discarded plastic, in boat fuel, that is six times more likely to cause cancer, than a lifetime of smoking.

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Integrated Risk Assessment for Chevron Waste Plastic Fuels ~ EPA
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The EPA has taken one major step, in response to concerns about the plastic-based chemicals. In June, it proposed a rule, that would require companies to contact the agency, before making any of 18 fuels, and related compounds, listed in the Chevron consent order.
➥ https://www.epa.gov/reviewing-new-ch...e%20retardants.

A community group, in Pascagoula, sued the EPA, asking the US court of appeals, in Washington, to invalidate the agency’s approval of the chemicals.
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ProPublica and the Guardian in February reported on the risks of other new plastic-based Chevron fuels that were also approved under an EPA program that the agency had touted as a “climate-friendly” way to boost alternatives to petroleum-based fuels
➥ https://www.propublica.org/article/c...re-cancer-risk