EPA Imposes Benzene Curb
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Oregon and Washington residents exposed to toxic benzene levels can breathe easier as the EPA finally forces refineries and vehicle manufacturers to reduce the pollutant. In Autopia.
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The sale and use of paint removers containing dichloromethane, a chemical with toxic vapor, would be restricted under a proposal made by European Union regulators on Thursday.
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The Environmental Protection Agency today proposed reducing allowable ozone air pollution by as much as 20 percent in coming decades, setting up a battle with business and industry groups who feel current standards are adequate.
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By Traci Watson  WASHINGTON -- Scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency will recommend today that the level of smog allowed in the nation's air be cut to protect public health, the EPA said Tuesday.
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By Francis X. Gilpin, Montgomery Advertiser, Ala.  Jun. 2--Environmentalists hope that next month a seven-member state  commission will reduce the potentially cancer causing chemicals being  discharged into Alabama's waterways.
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By ALAN ZIBEL  WASHINGTON - Environmental activists on Thursday said more stringent air-quality regulations are needed for oil refineries along the Gulf Coast, a region densely populated with petroleum industry plants.
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Even small amounts of benzene exposure can lower your white blood cell count according to a new study published to day in the journal, &#39;Science.
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A new Clean Air Act settlement with CITGO in Texas will significantly reduce harmful emissions from oil refineries, the Justice Department said Wednesday.
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California air regulators yesterday took up the world&#39;s most ambitious rules to reduce car emissions that contribute to global warming - an effort that could have a sweeping effect on how the country fights vehicle pollution.
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The Environmental Protection Agency issued rules yesterday that will dramatically cut toxic fumes from cars and trucks over the next 25 years.
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Riding popular Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger&#39;s endorsement, state air quality regulators are expected to step up a campaign against global warming that could spark sticker-shock in auto showrooms over the next 10 years.
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The Transportation Department acknowledged Tuesday encouraging members of Congress to weigh in with the EPA on California's request to implement global warming controls on automakers.
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The federal safety level for benzene, a leukemia-causing air toxin found throughout Houston and routinely inhaled by petrochemical plant workers, is too high to protect workers from blood cell
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The California Air Resources Board yesterday approved landmark regulation to tackle global warming by forcing cuts in carbon-dioxide exhaust from passenger cars and trucks.
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Environmental activists on Thursday said more stringent air-quality regulations are needed for oil refineries along the Gulf Coast, a region densely populated with petroleum industry plants.
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Four years ago, a federal court ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to set limits on the release of mercury and other harmful emissions from cement factories.
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California air regulators on Thursday took up the world's most ambitious rules to reduce car emissions that contribute to global warming &#151; an effort that could have a sweeping effect on how the country fights vehicle pollution.