L’industrie pétrolière savait depuis des décennies que le benzène, l’un de ses produits les plus importants, est une cause puissante de cancer chez l’homme mais a dépensé des millions pour éviter que cela se sache, une étude a révélé.

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The petroleum industry has known for decades that benzene, one of its most important products, is a potent cause of cancer in humans but has spent millions on a cover-up, an evidence database has revealed.
Internal memorandums, emails, letters and meeting minutes obtained by the US Center for Public Integrity (CPI) in a year-long investigation suggest that America’s oil and chemical titans, coordinated by their trade association, the American Petroleum Institute, spent at least $36 million on research “designed to protect member company interests,” as one 2000 API summary put it.
CPI’s review of around 20,000 pages of internal records reveals the petrochemical industry went to great lengths to rebut studies showing harmful effects of benzene in low doses. This included touting how the expected results of a proposed study in China could be used to reduce liability and combat stricter regulation.
Critics say such documents expose this Shanghai study for what it is : An industry attempt to buy scientific evidence.