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Groups want EPA to protect Mon Valley residents from benzene pollution

Armed with a year’s worth of monitoring data, Mon Valley residents and environmental groups say health hazards from benzene pollution at Pittsburgh-area U.S. Steel plants are “beyond imminent."

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Groups want EPA to protect Mon Valley residents from benzene pollution

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