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Chemicals

"Shuttered Toxic Gas-Emitting Plant May Reopen to Fight Virus"

"A commercial sterilizing plant in Georgia that was shut down last year for storing and using a volatile carcinogenic gas on medical equipment may be closer to reopening to help meet the growing demand for clean masks, gowns, and gloves to fight the coronavirus pandemic."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/25/2020

Chem Plant Cites Study It Funded to Ask Regulators to OK Higher Emissions

"Denka Performance Elastomer, the owner of a LaPlace plant that is the only one in America to produce the presumed carcinogen chloroprene, is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to increase the level of that compound deemed safe for public health."

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 03/17/2020

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