EPA proposes gasoline benzene rule

The US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a rule to limit the maximum benzene content in conventional and reformulated gasolines. EPA said the proposed standards would require refiners to maintain their average 1998-1999 levels of benzene, a known human carcinogen.

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