Latest news about Benzene
Bushkill Township residents weigh in on DEP plan for closed Herceg Landfill (The Express-Times)
Bushkill Township residents and officials questioned whether the state was going far enough in addressing carcinogenic pollution leaching from the abandoned Herceg Landfill into residential well water. The state has discovered benzene, a known carcinogen, has been leaching from the...
30 Jun 2009, 10:40 pm | click here for more
Energy Stocks: Energy stocks cave in to weak jobs report (Market Watch)
Energy stocks staged a bearish start on Thursday following a worse-than-expected monthly U.S. jobs report, lower crude prices and criticism over BP’s bid to develop oil fields in Iraq.
2 Jul 2009, 8:52 am | click here for more
Welcome to the Tobacco Smorgasbord (The Star)
"Tobacco products are the only retail products not required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to list ingredients on its packaging." If more people realized what is in tobacco products, a lot more people would try harder to quit smoking or chewing or dipping.
2 Jul 2009, 7:54 am | click here for more
Protecting private wells (The River Reporter)
Part two: Which tests and why? PENNSYLVANIA — Residents of Meadville and Dimock continue to live with contaminated water wells as the companies drilling for natural gas nearby strive to meet Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) directives to restore those water sources.
2 Jul 2009, 7:18 am | click here for more
Jul 02nd (Business Weekly)
Cambridge scientists claim to have tamed one of the most hazardous and controversial chemical substances on the planet – white phosphorous.
2 Jul 2009, 5:59 am | click here for more
Like your gas tank TOPPED OFF?; A new law makes it illegal, so ‘we’ve just gotta tell them no’ (The Bulletin)
A new law that went into effect Wednesday bars Oregon gas station attendants from topping off your tank, part of a new Department of Environmental Quality policy intended to reduce the health risk of gasoline vapors.The rule is targeted toward reducing benzene, a carcinogenic chemical that occurs naturally in crude oil and is sometimes used as a gasoline additive. William Knight, a spokesman for ...
2 Jul 2009, 5:15 am | click here for more
Parachute man frustrated by perceived inaction of gas commission (Glenwood Springs Post Independent)
PARACHUTE, Colorado - An local guide and outfitter, who believes that chemicals from area gas drilling activities has ruined his livelihood, says he is mystified by the amount of time it is taking for the state's industry watchdogs to...
2 Jul 2009, 12:58 pm | click here for more
Exxon, Valero Face New Curbs on Cancer-Causing Gases (Update1) (Bloomberg)
By Jim Efstathiou Jr. July 2 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama is considering new curbs on U.S. oil refineries whose gas emissions pose a cancer risk to hundreds of thousands of people living close the plants, setting up a potential conflict with companies over the cost of new regulations.
2 Jul 2009, 11:02 am | click here for more
Cost of Superfund cleanup chief citizen concern (The Ashland Daily Press)
The proposed $83 to $97 million cost of cleaning Ashland's Superfund site — and who contributes to the cost — was the primary concern raised Monday during a public meeting on proposed cleanup plans.
2 Jul 2009, 10:16 am | click here for more
Topping off the gas tank now illegal in Oregon (KOMO Seattle)
The state approved the ban last year because topping off can spill excess fuel and release Benzene and other toxins into the air.
1 Jul 2009, 10:18 pm | click here for more