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People who live near the Ashland Oil refinery in Catlettsburg, Ky., breathe air that is so polluted it creates "unacceptable" health risks, according to a new federal government report. Residents of the Kenova area of Wayne County live with unsafe levels of benzene, arsenic, chromium and dichloromethane. A dozen other chemicals in the air also create unacceptable health risks, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report.

Concentrations of 16 different air pollutants were estimated to pose greater than allowable risks of cancer and other illnesses, ...

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