Gas Stoves Emit More Benzene Than Secondhand Smoke, Study Finds
Researchers warn that levels of benzene from gas stoves may exceeded health safety standards, even hours after they are turned off
Researchers warn that levels of benzene from gas stoves may exceeded health safety standards, even hours after they are turned off
The study calls for more research into whether abandoned oil and gas well emissions pose a health risk to millions of people who live near them across the U.S.
Polluters often set up shop near communities with large populations of people of color, leading to minorities being disproportionately affected by unhealthy levels of air pollution, the study indicates
While the agency has agreed to review oil and gas air pollution regulations, the consent decree does not require the EPA to make the fixes environmental groups desire.
The new standards follow a $408 million settlement over Sterigenics leaks of ethylene oxide gas into local communities
The EPA's new air pollution standards aim to lower cancer rates around communities hit hardest by chemical and polymer plant toxic emissions.
EPA investigators are monitoring the local air quality due concerns linked to ethanol fires which resulted from the train derailment.
The depression risk was linked to long-term exposure to particulate matter, ozone and nitrogen dioxide air pollution.
Not only did indoor air pollution decrease when the gas stoves were replaced, but most residents who received electric induction stoves said they preferred them to their old gas ranges.
Health and safety officials feared burning tankers filled with vinyl chloride could have exploded, resulting in mandatory evacuations near East Palestine.