Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CancerAlley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CancerAlley</span></a>, a nickname dating to the 1980s, is an 85-mile stretch from New Orleans to Baton Rouge that is home to some 150 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChemicalPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChemicalPlants</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> refineries.</p><p>Multiple studies over years point to elevated <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> risks, including one in 2022 that found nearly EVERY census tract in the area ranks in the top 5% nationally for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> risk.</p><p>In 2023, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> admin sued Denka, demanding it eliminate the dangers posed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chloroprene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chloroprene</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EnvironmentalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalJustice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p>"She's not even 8 months yet, & has to be subject to breathing all that," said Gerard, referring to the plant's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chloroprene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chloroprene</span></a>, which in 2010 the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> classified as a human <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/carcinogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carcinogen</span></a>.</p><p>7 wks after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> took over in Jan, new EPA leadership withdrew the suit against the plant's Japanese owners, Denka Performance Elastomer LLC, siding w/ the company who disputed the lawsuit's contention that emissions were linked to significant <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> risk.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EnvironmentalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalJustice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> said this plant was a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> threat. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> dropped a lawsuit against it</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> on Friday dropped a landmark lawsuit alleging that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a>-causing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> from a Louisiana <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/petrochemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petrochemical</span></a> plant poses an imminent danger to nearby communities.<br>
The lawsuit alleged that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Denka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Denka</span></a> Performance Elastomer plant in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LaPlace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaPlace</span></a>, Louisiana, threatened local residents by releasing unsafe levels of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> chemical <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chloroprene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chloroprene</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/03/03/justice-department-denka-plant-pollution/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/climate-env</span><span class="invisible">ironment/2025/03/03/justice-department-denka-plant-pollution/</span></a></p>
earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@DaveWhittle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DaveWhittle</span></a></span> </p><p>“This country has abandoned us to the vagaries of the petrochemical industry.”</p><p>“Who decided to sacrifice us and to whom?” </p><p>“Who are the beneficiaries of my three-year-old great-grandson, who, at 2.5 years old, had already exceeded the 70-year level of exposure to these chemicals? ... " </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemicals</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chloroprene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chloroprene</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> considers <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chloroprene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chloroprene</span></a> —which is used to make synthetic rubber—a likely <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/carcinogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carcinogen</span></a>, & the suit sought to compel the plant to curb these <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a>.<br>
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> ofcls’ decision to abandon the case…has prompted alarm from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> advocates. They warn that the plant’s continued operations could harm the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> of thousands of residents, including hundreds of young <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> who are especially vulnerable to carcinogens.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> is to drop suit over alleged <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a>-causing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> is poised to drop a landmark lawsuit alleging that cancer-causing pollution from a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/petrochemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petrochemical</span></a> plant poses an imminent danger to nearby communities….<br>
The lawsuit alleges that the Denka Performance Elastomer plant in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LaPlace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaPlace</span></a>, LA, threatens local residents by releasing unsafe levels of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chloroprene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chloroprene</span></a>.<br>
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/03/03/justice-department-denka-plant-pollution/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/climate-env</span><span class="invisible">ironment/2025/03/03/justice-department-denka-plant-pollution/</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p>New rule mandates 200 US plants to reduce <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a> linked to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a><br>Long-awaited rule finalized by <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> strengthens protections for communities living near industrial sites, especially along <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GulfCoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GulfCoast</span></a>. Focuses on <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ethyleneoxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethyleneoxide</span></a>, used to produce <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/antifreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antifreeze</span></a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/pesticides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pesticides</span></a> and sterilizing agents,and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/chloroprene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chloroprene</span></a>, which is used to make synthetic rubber. The new update under the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CleanAirAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CleanAirAct</span></a> would also require fence-line monitoring of six toxic air <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/pollutants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollutants</span></a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/09/epa-chemical-plants-rules?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">24/apr/09/epa-chemical-plants-rules?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</span></a></p>
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