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Sixty seconds on . . . petrol pumps

BMJ 2023; 380 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p581 (Published 10 March 2023) Cite this as: BMJ 2023;380:p581
  1. Mun-Keat Looi
  1. The BMJ

Mmm, benzene . . .

You may like the aroma of petrol, but visits to the pumps could become rarer in Hawaii if the state government gets its way. It’s just passed a bill requiring climate change warnings to be displayed on all pumps in a bid to reduce consumption. If signed into law it would be the first US state to do so.

Why Hawaii?

The US Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection says that Hawaii is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Average temperatures could increase by …

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