The European Commission has stated that it agrees with the European Parliment’s vote to approve legislation to cut health harming vapor emissions from gas stations.

"This directive will improve the protection of European citizens’ health by contributing to the attainment of agreed EU air quality standards for two harmful pollutants — ground level ozone and benzene." -European Comission

The new policy will require most european gas stations to implement stage II petroleum vapor recovery systems by 2018 at the latest.

The stage II recovery nozzles involve a vacuum which collects fuel vapors that hover over whatever liquid gas is left in a car’s tank. Traditional gas pumps cause that vapor to be displaced into the athsmosphere as the tank is filled.

Petrolium vapors are a major contributer to smog, and exposure to cancer causing chemicals like benzene. These technologies can reduce escaping petroleum vapors by 95% and could lead to the prevention of dangerous benzene-linked diseases such as aplastic anemia, myelodysplatic syndromes, acute myelogenous leukemia, and non-Hodgkins lymphoma.

The technology is being gradually implemented across the U.S.

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