The Denka plant is located in the predominantly Black community of LaPlace, La., in a region so dense with industrial facilities that it is known as “Cancer Alley.” Chloroprene is used to ...

Communities living and learning near petrochemical plants will face more pollution and less federal protection under Trump’s ...

Environmental advocates point out that children are uniquely susceptible to air pollution and toxic chemicals.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday celebrated its decision to drop a federal lawsuit against a Louisiana petrochemical plant accused of worsening cancer risks for residents in a ...

Denka’s facility in LaPlace is the nation's ... which can be even more dangerous for children. The majority Black school is in a U.S. census tract with the highest risk of cancer from air ...

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Biden’s EPA sued the Denka Performance Elastomer plant in early 2023, alleging it posed an unacceptable cancer risk and demanding cuts in toxic emissions of cancer-causing chloroprene.

They call it “Cancer Alley.” It's an 85-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that connects Baton Rouge and New Orleans. The name stems from the fact that the area's residents have a 95% greater ...

Taylor, who lives five blocks away from the Denka plant and other industrial facilities, said dropping the case would lead to more “suffering and death” in the majority-Black community.

Trump could drop a federal lawsuit against a petrochemical plant that emits chloroprene. Here’s a look at the cancer-causing chemical ...

The lawsuit alleges that the Denka Performance Elastomer plant in ... Regan, the second Black person to serve as E.P.A. administrator, took a “journey to justice” tour in 2021 to low-income ...