The global chloroprene rubber market size was valued at USD 1.16 billion in 2024 and is estimated to reach from USD 1.21 billion in 2025 to USD 1.68 billion by 2033, growing at a CAGR of 4.2% ...

Chloroprene Rubber Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report By Application (Textile, Automotive, Electrical & Electronics, Construction), By Region (North America, Europe, APAC, SA, MEA), And ...

Chloroprene’s carcinogenic risk was first noted in the 1970s, when exposed workers started turning up with high rates of cancer. A 1978 study on 234 male neoprene plant workers in the U.S ...

LAPLACE, La.—Denka Co. Ltd. suspended production of chloroprene for synthetic rubber applications at Denka Performance Elastomer L.L.C., its U.S. subsidiary, citing a major loss of about $109 million ...

Eight months after a LaPlace company asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to soften its findings about the danger of exposure to chloroprene emissions, the federal agency has instead doubled ...

Chloroprene is a… The Trump administration has dropped a lawsuit that sought to cut toxic emissions from a facility in a highly polluted area of Louisiana known as “Cancer Alley.” In 2023 ...

Chloroprene is considered especially toxic to children and can mutate their DNA. Fifth Ward Elementary School, and its hundreds of children, is located within 450 feet of the Denka property.

TOKYO, Apr 27, 2022--- Showa Denko has decided to raise prices of its chloroprene rubber by JPY60/ kg or more, which is equivalent to US $470/ m. t or more for US-dollar-based transactions and ...

The Environmental Protection Agency considers chloroprene—which is used to make synthetic rubber—a likely carcinogen, and the suit sought to compel the plant to curb these emissions.

Denka also formally requested that the EPA withdraw its assessment and review its interpretation of chloroprene exposure and health effects. That request was submitted under the Information ...