Five Texas refineries polluted above federal limit on cancer-causing benzene last year, report found

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/12/texas-refineries-benzene/
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Benzene is a known human carcinogen, according to the EPA. The Texas refineries were among a dozen industrial plants in the U.S. that emitted the highest levels of the chemical in 2021.
A house in the Hillcrest neighborhood in Corpus Christi on Feb. 7, 2022. Houses in this neighborhood have coexisted with oil refineries like Flint Hills for decades. A recent report found that Flint Hills was one of five Texas refineries that exceeded federal limits on benzene emissions last year. Credit: Michael Gonzalez for The Texas Tribune
(See fuxated neighborhood @ link)

Five Texas refineries exceeded federal pollution limits of the carcinogenic chemical benzene in 2021, according to an Environmental Integrity Project analysis of the refineries’ self-reported data to the Environmental Protection Agency.

The EPA classifies benzene as a human carcinogen, and long-term exposure to benzene emissions has caused blood disorders. There is some evidence that benzene exposure is associated with damage to reproductive organs and fetuses.

A dozen refineries in the U.S. exceeded the EPA’s limit on average benzene emissions last year, according to the analysis.
In Texas, Marathon Petroleum’s Galveston Bay refinery, TotalEnergies’ Port Arthur refinery, Chevron’s Pissadena refinery, Flint Hills Resources' Corpus Christi East refinery and LyondellBasell’s Houston refinery reported average benzene emissions in 2021 that were above the federal threshold of 9 micrograms per cubic meter.
Several refineries exceed limits on cancer-causing pollutant
In 2021, a dozen U.S. refineries reported average benzene emission levels that exceeded the federal threshold of 9.0 micrograms per cubic meter. Five refineries were in Texas.Twelve refineries in the U.S. exceeded the EPA's action level for benzene emissions in 2021. The image shows a bar chart that lists each of the 12 refineries and the concentrations of benzene recorded on average during the 12 month period. The highest average concentration was from Marathon Petroleum's Galveston Bay Texas City refinery at 19.8 micrograms per cubic meter.
Texas refineries
Marathon Petroleum Galveston Bay refinery, TX
19.8
Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery, PA
18.5
TotalEnergies Port Arthur refinery, TX
17.7
Valero St. Charles refinery, LA
14.1
Shell Norco refinery, LA
13.9
Chalmette refinery, LA
11.9
CountryMark refinery, IN
11.5
Chevron Pissadena refinery, TX
11
Phillips 66 Lake Charles refinery, LA
10.5
Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi East refinery, TX
10.4
LyondellBasell Houston refinery, TX
9.7
Limetree Bay refinery, Virgin Islands

The EPA began collecting hazardous air pollution data from refineries in 2018 after the agency updated an air quality regulation in response to a lawsuit from environmental groups. The update required more than 100 U.S. refineries to monitor and report levels of benzene along the perimeters of their facilities and make fixes when those concentrations are too high.

The data shows that some refineries have seen benzene pollution get worse over time. Marathon Petroleum’s Galveston Bay refinery in Texas City had the highest average benzene levels in the nation last year, with emissions that were more than double the federal limit. The refinery’s average benzene concentrations have steadily increased every year since 2018, when the EPA began collecting data. Approximately 37,000 people live within 3 miles of the refinery, and about 62% of them are people of color, according to EPA dat

Marathon Petroleum spokesperson Melissa Ory wrote in a statement that the Galveston Bay refinery is making efforts to reduce benzene emissions, like increasing its tank inspections and shutting down two process units that contained benzene.
 
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pffftt, it is way worse than benzene [that new car smell is off gassing of benzene]
There were 58 top SF sites, Hurricane Harvey plan to spread out the toxic waste to stop real accountability. [see RAIN thread]

 
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pffftt,

The water at CLEAR Lake and the gulf looks like you can walk on it. Can't see the bottom even at the shore.
Everyone called Pasadena Pissadena.
WHERE in the 70's the Gay Serial killer
the Candyman tortured and murdered idk like 30 boys.
Have to wonder if there's any connection to the pollution. Maybe environmental estrogen overdoses
 
WHERE in the 70's the Gay Serial killer
the Candyman tortured and murdered idk like 30 boys.
Have to wonder if there's any connection to the pollution.
Primal instinct takes over like in mid to later stages of Alzheimer's & Dementias, they become Neuro Zombies, their neurological system gets nuked with H2S & Methane within seconds & they would die while driving & their car/truck veers off the road, it happens less quickly with industrial solvents Trichloroethane and sweet pleasant smell of MEK, also Benzene aka that new car smell.

I sure would not want to move back to Texas.


Neuro Zombies have neurological damage, c/b rapid onset, or slow onset over time. They do things they normally would not do.


 
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