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Gas Company Understated Benzene Exposure From California Leak
2016-01-15 20:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The company that owns the leaking natural gas well in Los Angeles understated the number of air samples showing higher-than-usual levels of benzene, The Associated Press reports. Adding to concerns over the disaster, efforts to stop the leak appear to have destabilized the well, the Los Angeles Times reports, raising the risk of a blowout. The leak at Porter Ranch, which recently prompted California to declare a state of emergency, has been spewing enormous quantities of the greenhouse gas...
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