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A report by the federal environmental agency’s internal watchdog found that EPA is failing to enforce its own pollution limits for the known carcinogen at many refineries — including some in Texas.
The EPA’s benzene monitoring and control program has failed to rein in the worst offenders.
The EPA must do a better job ensuring oil refineries that exceed emissions limits for benzene, the agency’s inspector general found.
A report by the federal environmental agency’s internal watchdog found that EPA is failing to enforce its own pollution limits for the known carcinogen at many refineries — including some in Texas.
An internal watchdog is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to step up its actions to address emissions of cancer-causing benzene, saying that oil refineries have been releasing unsafe levels of the substance. The EPA has classified benzene — which can come from burning coal and oil— as a known human carcinogen. Refineries turn…