Denka’s facility in LaPlace is the nation's largest emitter of the toxic chemical, which is released in the process of making neoprene, the synthetic rubber used in gloves, wetsuits and military ...

The Denka facility in LaPlace is the nation's largest emitter of the toxic chemical, which is released in the process of making a synthetic rubber used in gloves, wetsuits and military equipment.

The Biden administration had sued to force the Denka Performance Elastomer plant in Louisiana to reduce emissions of chloroprene, a likely carcinogen. By Lisa Friedman The Trump administration ...

The lawsuit alleges that the Denka Performance Elastomer plant in LaPlace, Louisiana, threatens local residents by releasing unsafe levels of the toxic chemical chloroprene. The Environmental ...