California says two air contaminants may pose ‘unacceptable’ higher cancer risk

California says two air contaminants may pose ‘unacceptable’ higher cancer risk

Two toxic contaminants present in California’s ambient air appear to be much stronger carcinogens than previously known, state environmental health officials announced Thursday. The draft finding from the state’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment says that acrolein and ethylene oxide may pose an estimated cancer risk more than 10 times higher than benzene, a … Read more