EPA Approved a Chevron Fuel Ingredient That Has a Lifetime Cancer Risk
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EPA Approved a Chevron Fuel Ingredient That Has a Lifetime Cancer Risk
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Re: EPA Approved a Chevron Fuel Ingredient That Has a Lifetime Cancer Risk
#2This link is impossible to read on mobile, can't even scroll
Edit, actually it's a full screen ad that's really difficult to get around
Re: EPA Approved a Chevron Fuel Ingredient That Has a Lifetime Cancer Risk
#3This link is impossible to read on mobile, can't even scroll Edit, actually it's a full screen ad that's really difficult to get around
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Re: EPA Approved a Chevron Fuel Ingredient That Has a Lifetime Cancer Risk
#4This link is impossible to read on mobile, can't even scroll Edit, actually it's a full screen ad that's really difficult to get around
Its a Pro Publica story anyway, that link should have been posted.
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-approved-chevron-fuel...
Re: EPA Approved a Chevron Fuel Ingredient That Has a Lifetime Cancer Risk
#5The actual process followed and the EPA's summary of the decision:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23863526-epa-hq-oppt...
Re: EPA Approved a Chevron Fuel Ingredient That Has a Lifetime Cancer Risk
#6I read the article and missed the ingredient name that is so toxic everyone gets cancer from it. What is the name of the new ingredient that was approved?
Re: EPA Approved a Chevron Fuel Ingredient That Has a Lifetime Cancer Risk
#7>That calculation, which was confirmed by the EPA, came out to 1.3 in 1, meaning every person exposed to it over the course of a full lifetime would be expected to get cancer.
That's not how probabilities work. The average person might be expected to get 1.3 cancers over their lifetime (assuming they don't die early), but that doesn't guarantee that every person exposed to it will get cancer.
Re: EPA Approved a Chevron Fuel Ingredient That Has a Lifetime Cancer Risk
#8They said t was a boat fuel. So how do you avoid it? Just don’t eat seafood??
Re: EPA Approved a Chevron Fuel Ingredient That Has a Lifetime Cancer Risk
#9>That calculation, which was confirmed by the EPA, came out to 1.3 in 1, meaning every person exposed to it over the course of a full lifetime would be expected to get cancer. That's not how probabilities work. The average person might be expected to get 1.3 cancers over their lifetime (assuming they don't die early), but that doesn't guarantee that every person exposed to it will get cancer.
>> exposed to it over the course of a full lifetime would be expected to get cancer
> The average person might be expected to get 1.3 cancers
Same same, expect and guaranteed are only loosely the same in English. The weatherman expects rain.
Re: EPA Approved a Chevron Fuel Ingredient That Has a Lifetime Cancer Risk
#10They said t was a boat fuel. So how do you avoid it? Just don’t eat seafood??
Given how big oceans are, you'll probably be getting more exposure from living in a coastal city and breathing in the fumes that blows ashore.