KreamyKappa
KreamyKappa t1_ja9ph2i wrote
Reply to comment by Honigwesen in This “Climate-Friendly” Fuel Comes With an Astronomical Cancer Risk: Almost half of products cleared so far under the new federal biofuels program are not in fact biofuels — and the EPA acknowledges that the plastic-based ones may present an “unreasonable risk” to human health or the environment. by nastratin
They don't know which chemicals they're talking about because neither Chevron nor the EPA will say which chemicals they are.
KreamyKappa t1_ja9ooqj wrote
Reply to This “Climate-Friendly” Fuel Comes With an Astronomical Cancer Risk: Almost half of products cleared so far under the new federal biofuels program are not in fact biofuels — and the EPA acknowledges that the plastic-based ones may present an “unreasonable risk” to human health or the environment. by nastratin
Why the hell do they get to hide which chemicals their refining process puts into the air? The most their competitors could do with that information is reverse engineer the process and use it themselves. If Chevron is doing anything particularly special then they should patent the process. If they're not doing something they can patent, then it's not something their competitors won't also figure out because there are only so many ways that you can turn plastic into a flammable liquid.
KreamyKappa t1_jcbvlur wrote
Reply to comment by RRoyale57 in Malformations in heart, eyes and nervous system: Nano-plastics disrupt growth by giuliomagnifico
This study used polystyrene, not polyethylene.