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Five Texas refineries polluted above federal limit on cancer-causing benzene last year, report found

Benzene is a known human carcinogen, according to the EPA. The Texas refineries were among a dozen industrial plants in the U.S. that emitted the highest levels of the chemical in 2021.

By Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune
Posted 5/13/22

Five Texas refineries exceeded federal pollution limits of the carcinogenic chemical benzene in 2021, according to an Environmental Integrity Project analysis of the refineries’ self-reported …

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