‘It Is Hard to Imagine a More Sweeping Agenda to Make Americans Less Healthy’
Amid the near daily announcement of new initiatives, two documents stand out in the Trump deregulatory agenda: the Unleashing ...
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US drops chloroprene emissions lawsuit against Denka
Government says lawsuit stretched legal definitions in pursuit of ‘environmental justice’ ...
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Department of Justice drops chloroprene emissions lawsuit against Denka
LAPLACE, La.—A chloroprene emissions compliance lawsuit brought two years ago by the U.S. EPA against Denka Performance Elastomer L.L.C. was summarily dismissed by the Department of Justice March 7.
Bracewell Secures Win for Denka as US EPA Drops Long-Standing Lawsuit
Bracewell LLP announced today that it has secured a major win for the firm's client Denka Performance Elastomer (DPE) in the long-standing, scientifically flawed lawsuit brought by the Biden-era US ...
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New Study Reveals Toxic Chemicals In Braiding Hair — Here’s What To Use Instead
A new study finds synthetic hair, commonly used for protective styles, is reportedly costing consumers their livelihood and ...
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Trump Administration Said to Drop Lawsuit Over Toxic Chemical
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 ...
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Justice Dept. says ending Louisiana petrochemical case helps 'dismantle radical DEI programs'
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. The lawsuit was ...
If industry-backed law passes, EPA couldn't use the science behind hundreds of environmental protections
The proposed law introduced would bar the federal Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments ...
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Trump administration to drop landmark lawsuit against controversial Louisiana plant, reports say
A landmark federal lawsuit initiated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alleging that a chemical facility in St. John the Baptist Parish threatens the surrounding community with ...
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Federal lawsuit against Denka plant to be dropped
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Trump’s Justice Dept. Is Reportedly Ready to Screw Over ‘Cancer Alley’ in Favor of a Business-Friendly Economy
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 ...
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Trump administration drops suit that sought to cut toxic emissions in ‘Cancer Alley’
In 2023, the Biden administration filed a lawsuit against Denka Performance Elastomer in an effort to get it to cut down its emissions of chloroprene. Chloroprene is a chemical that’s used in the ...