The evidence is clear: Proximity to fossil fuel infrastructure poses a significant cancer risk to millions of Americans. Studies consistently link exposure to pollutants like benzene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and particulate matter from fossil fuel facilities to elevated rates of lung cancer, leukemia, and other malignancies. Alarmingly, 17.6 million Americans live in close proximity
Toxic energy: Confronting the carcinogenic risks of fossil fuels originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
