EditorialYannai Kashtan, a Stanford University scientist, lights a gas stove as part of a study on indoor emissions, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, May 21, 2023. (Calla Kessler/The New York Times)
EditorialAn undated photo provided by Brett Tryon of Angélica Ruiz and Drew Michanowicz, researchers at PSE Healthy Energy, a nonprofit institute that worked on a study, published on Oct. 20, 2022 in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, that estimated California gas appliances and infrastructure leak the same amount of benzene as is emitted by nearly 60,000 cars. (Brett Tryon via The New York Times)
EditorialThree batches of Banana Boat Hair & Scalp Sunscreen were recalled because they contained trace levels of benzene, a human carcinogen. (via U.S. Food and Drug Administration via The New York Times)
EditorialPatricia Garcia-Nelson in front of Extraction Oil and Gas’ production site near her son’s school in Greeley, Colo., July 2, 2020. (Rachel Woolf/The New York Times)