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.

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. Trump ...

Denka told Rubber News last year that it considered the compliance deadline "politically driven," as the EPA set the period to comply with fenceline threshold standards at 90 days to meet chloroprene ...

The site produces neoprene, a synthetic rubber that is found in products ... accusing it of emitting unacceptable levels of chloroprene, a chemical that may be especially harmful to children.

In public statements Friday, the rubber company maintained the evidence the EPA used in its legal argument is outdated and exaggerates the risks of chloroprene. "No 'emergency' can exist when ...

The Denka plant is the United States’ only manufacturer of neoprene, used in products ranging from wet suits to rubber hoses. Chloroprene, which EPA classifies as a likely carcinogen ...