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Denka Performance Elastomer on Tuesday blamed a new Environmental Protection Agency rule that targets emissions at more than 200 industrial plants, arguing that other, more dangerous facilities ...
The Denka facility is among more than 150 chemical plants built along an 85-mile corridor between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, where toxic chemicals have plagued the mostly Black communities for ...
The chemical emitted by a company’s facility is especially harmful to children, officials say. Thousands exposed to cancer-causing chemical in Louisiana, feds say. What’s chloroprene?
The Pontchartrain Works facility owned by Denka in Reserve, Louisiana has been reported to be emitting chloroprene which is defined as "likely to be carcinogenic to humans" by the EPA. [7] [8] [9] Up to 755 times the safe air value of 0.2 μg/m 3 of chloroprene has been recorded at the fifth ward elementary school in close proximity to the ...
A mound of oil drums near the Baton Rouge ExxonMobil Refinery along the Mississippi River in December 1972.. Cancer Alley is the regional nickname given to an 85-mile (137 km) stretch of land [1] along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, in the River Parishes of Louisiana, which contains over 200 [2] petrochemical plants and refineries. [3]
This is a list of Superfund sites in Louisiana designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
A rubber plant near an elementary school in southern Louisiana has been emitting a carcinogenic chemical for decades. Locals wonder why it’s still allowed to remain in operation.
Previously the facility was a junior high school. In 2024, most of the students were African-American. It is adjacent to a chemical plant owned by Denka Performance Elastomer. It is scheduled to close in 2025, and East St. John Preparatory School in turn is to be renamed Fifth Ward Preparatory School. [20]