The Morning Brew: Friday, 8.8

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The EPA rejects an effort to reduce ethanol requirements in gasoline to lower farmers' feed costs. (New York Times)

Costco will begin alerting consumers to the risk of mercury contamination in seafood. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

An E. coli outbreak at a Virginia Boy Scout camp. (Los Angeles Times)

- Ian Froeb