India, June 18 -- Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), the state-run oil marketing company, has dismissed claims circulating on social media that ants gathering around vehicle fuel filler caps are linked to the use of E20 petrol. BPCL has stated that such assertions have no scientific basis.

In a clarification posted on social media platform X (previously Twitter), BPCL has said it had examined the claims and found no evidence supporting any connection between ethanol-blended petrol and ant attraction. "BPCL has examined the claims circulating on social media regarding ants congregating around vehicle fuel filler caps and their alleged association with E20 petrol," the OMC said in its post.

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