New study finds gasoline stations vent up to 10x more benzene fumes than previously thought
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 6, 2018
Setback distances should be revisited to address temporal variability and pollution controls in vent emissions. By comparison, the California Air Pollution Control Officers Association (CAPCOA) used an estimate of 0.11 —Hilpert et al. Gasoline vapors contain a number of toxic chemicals—notably benzene, a carcinogen.
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