The EPA decided its scientists were overstating the risks and gave Chevron the go-ahead to make the new boat fuel ingredient at its refinery in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Poor Mississippi.
They are trying to save money by adding a solvent mixture refined from recycled plastic. But since the feedstock contains a wide variety of junk (called “UVCB substances" or “Substances of Unknown or Variable composition, Complex reaction products or Biological materials”) the resulting additive is a very complex mixture, including many untested and/or potentially toxic chemicals.
Black water, the sequel.
The actor playing the lead hasn’t even been born yet.
His mother will be from Mississippi and he will be born with two hearts, and be stillborn.
His mother will be charged with premurder.
it will be a kangaroo court, and a cautionary tale told to generations about the woman with no car who tried to sully the oil lords
The new version of lead.
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This is sort of new. IIRC this is like 1000x more toxic than what the EPA would normally allow.
It was practically the entire automotive industry, not just VW.
They got the namesake simply because they were the first to be exposed for it.
Yes vw lied about their diesel emissions but still the amount of vw TDI cars in the world is miniscule in comparison to other emissions sources including all of the leaking natural gas wells and military vehicles that do not have to conform to any emissions standards. No to mention more particulates from vehicles come from brake pads and tire wear wayyyyy more than any diesel particulates. The clean diesel laws are just one of those EPA reactions meant to fool the public into thinking they’re actually doing something about the inevitable ecological collapse.
Vw diesels have been without the DEF particulate filters until it became a (stupid) emissions law. Its really just a scam to require you to buy diesel exhaust fluid and put more money into maintenance when the filter eventually gets clogged. Meanwhile Americans are still tuning their diesel truck to blow black smoke and we no longer have small fuel efficient cars that get 50mpg.
Yes but the VW diesel fiasco didn’t cause 1.3 out of one people to get cancer.
This is a fuel additive that is expected to be used in boats or ships throughout the United States, as well as an airliners. So all airports, including the workers and passengers will also be exposed to this chemical.
Wait, this is outrageous. I need to know more about this. Do we know the names of these molecules?
I think they don’t really know because the composition is based on whatever trash is recycled
It sounds like the EPA redacted their names and exact makeup in the consent order the reporters were able to obtain.
The actual report is linked in the article.
There’s a lot of redaction in it…
😨 And people are just okay with this?
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They protect the environment, not humans dummy
Well, killing humans is good for the environment…
Captain Planet! He’s our hero! Gonna make human population zero!
I read the original, redacted, EPA document (well, skimmed it… there were 200 pages). There were no dates on that document. No dates were mentioned in the propublica article.
Who was the EPA director at the time? Wheeler?
Anyone have an idea of how much of this is “the EPA” versus vestiges of the virus that trump/pruit were as they purposefully broke agencies like this? How much of that poison remains in the org today?
