NEW YORK, March 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. federal officials have sued a Louisiana chemical maker, alleging that it presents an unacceptable cancer risk to the nearby majority-Black community and demanding cuts in toxic emissions, reported The Associated Press (AP) on Tuesday.
Denka Performance Elastomer LLC makes synthetic rubber, emitting the carcinogen chloroprene and other chemicals in such high concentrations that it poses an unacceptable cancer risk, according to the federal complaint. Children are particularly vulnerable. There is an elementary school a half-mile from the plant.
