Dangerous chloroprene emissions made the Louisiana plant a specific target for regulators, but Yuan-Sheng Yu, a chemical industry analyst with the intelligence firm Lux Research, says the decision ...

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DPE’s parent company, the Japanese firm Denka, agreed to buy the Louisiana plant from DuPont in 2014. The EPA released an assessment in 2015 showing high levels of chloroprene around the facility, so ...

DENKA COMPANY LIMITED SAYS IT’S STOPPING PRODUCTION OF CHLOROPRENE RUBBER INDEFINITELY. A HIGHLY CARCINOGENIC PRODUCT USED TO MAKE GASKETS, PROTECTIVE GLOVES, HEAT RESISTANT BOOTS AND MORE.

LAPLACE, La. (WVUE) - Citing recent losses of more than $109 million, the Japanese rubber manufacturing giant Denka announced Tuesday (May 13) that it would halt production at and consider selling ...

The proposed law introduced would bar the federal Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments completed by its IRIS program in environmental regulations or enforcement.

The Justice Department on Friday dropped a landmark lawsuit alleging that cancer-causing pollution from a Louisiana petrochemical plant poses an imminent danger to nearby communities.

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

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% during ...

Anyone who works in the power industry knows how important fasteners, such as nuts, bolts, and rivets, and gaskets are to plant operation. Fasteners provide structural integrity, effectively ...