| 单词 | chloroprene |
| 例句 | And the EPA is proposing regulations to reduce emissions of pollutants like chloroprene. Louisiana was open to Cancer Alley concessions. Then EPA dropped its investigation 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z The proposal would also institute new monitoring requirements for ethylene oxide and a host of other chemicals — including chloroprene, benzene, 1,3-butadiene, ethylene dichloride and vinyl chloride, the EPA said. EPA seeks to restrict a toxic sterilizer, despite industry red flags 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z EPA Administrator Michael Regan announced the plan in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, home to the Denka chemical plant, which makes synthetic rubber and emits chloroprene, listed as a carcinogen in California. EPA proposes limiting chemical plant pollution 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Denka's facility is the only one in the country that makes neoprene, a type of synthetic rubber used for wetsuits and mousepads, a process which releases the carcinogen chloroprene. Justice Department sues major polluter in Louisiana’s "Cancer Alley" 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z 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. US sues chemical company over cancer risk to minority area 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z The EPA urged state regulators to move students out of St. John the Baptist Parish's Fifth Ward Elementary School, where air monitoring found high levels of chloroprene, a potent carcinogen. EPA finally calls out environmental racism in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Less than a half mile from an elementary school in Reserve, it makes synthetic rubber, emitting chloroprene, listed as a carcinogen in California, and a likely one by the Environmental Protection Agency. Civil rights law targets ‘cancer alley’ discrimination 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z According to the agency, the proposal would slash ethylene oxide emissions nationwide by about two-thirds and chloroprene by three-quarters from 2020 levels. EPA proposes limiting chemical plant pollution 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z The EPA required the Denka plant, which produces the suspected carcinogen chloroprene, to install monitors along its fence after reports of a chemical smell in the air, and Denka complied this month. The EPA is tackling pollution in "Cancer Alley" 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Air monitoring consistently shows long-term chloroprene concentrations in the air near Denka’s LaPlace plant as high as 15 times the levels recommended for a 70-year exposure to the chemical, the complaint says. US sues chemical company over cancer risk to minority area 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z In 2010, the EPA released a report classifying chloroprene as a "likely human carcinogen." EPA finally calls out environmental racism in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z The Denka plant’s emissions have gone down significantly in recent years, but EPA monitoring found chloroprene levels higher than what activists say is safe. Civil rights law targets ‘cancer alley’ discrimination 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z The plant uses the chemical chloroprene to make the synthetic rubber known as Neoprene, and residents have long complained that pollution from the plant has caused health problems including breathing difficulties and cancer. E.P.A. Chief Vows to ‘Do Better’ to Protect Poor Communities 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z More immediately, Regan promised that EPA will use its enforcement power to ensure a former DuPont petrochemical plant near Coleman’s home complies with federal regulations on emissions of chloroprene and other harmful chemicals. EPA head tours embattled communities, says help on the way 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z The plant emits a hazardous pollutant called chloroprene, which the EPA identifies “a likely human carcinogen” that can cause rapid heartbeats, gastrointestinal disorders, dermatitis, temporary hair loss and corneal damage. ‘Cancer has decimated our community.’ EPA’s Regan vows to help hard-hit areas, but residents have doubts. 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Jim Harris, a spokesperson for Denka, said in a written statement that the EPA's chloroprene limit is "based on a faulty and outdated exposure model." EPA finally calls out environmental racism in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Environmental Protection Agency says chloroprene causes cancers, in sufficient doses over sufficient time - the qualification that is too often overlooked - but industry spokesmen argue that the EPA conclusions are disputed by new research. Editorial Roundup: Louisiana 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Denka has collected more than five years of data from air monitors and “has never detected emissions above or even approaching” the limit for chloroprene, Mr. Harris said. E.P.A. Chief Vows to ‘Do Better’ to Protect Poor Communities 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z DuPont has argued in court it cannot be held liable as it no longer owns the plant, despite opening the facility and polluting the air with chloroprene for nearly half a century. Revealed: chemicals giant sold Louisiana plant amid fears over cost of offsetting toxic emissions 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z The agency currently takes a routine air reading once every six days, with chloroprene emissions regularly dozens of times above the lifetime exposure threshold recommended by the agency of 0.2 micrograms per cubic meter. Residents of Cancer Town urge tougher measures to monitor toxins 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z The company asked the EPA to revise its chloroprene guidelines last year, arguing that the model used was not "sufficiently rigorous." EPA finally calls out environmental racism in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z “This report in no way implies that there are no health effects from long-term exposure to chloroprene,” the report carefully notes. Editorial Roundup: Louisiana 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Richmond commended the EPA’s move in his letter, acknowledging the “importance of closely monitoring dangerously high chloroprene emissions moving forward”. Democrat takes first public stance on air pollution in Cancer Alley after Guardian report 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z The documents show the multibillion-dollar company worried in 2011 about the potential cost of offsetting its emissions of the “likely human carcinogen”, chloroprene, and so moved to sell the plant, the Pontchartrain Works facility. Revealed: chemicals giant sold Louisiana plant amid fears over cost of offsetting toxic emissions 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z The new system, involving new monitors named Spods, will be designed to catch “spikes” in chloroprene whenever they occur, meaning officials expect more readings to occur throughout the programme’s six-month length. Residents of Cancer Town urge tougher measures to monitor toxins 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Robert Taylor, executive director of Concerned Citizens of St. John, said he founded his organization after attending a 2016 EPA meeting that revealed chloroprene concentrations at the school. EPA finally calls out environmental racism in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z In 2010, the EPA concluded an extensive, independent, peer-reviewed assessment of chloroprene which found that the compound was “likely to be carcinogenic to humans”. Revealed: Denka lobbied to undermine science behind ‘likely’ cancer-causing toxin 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Hampton and Taylor have lost numerous relatives to the disease over decades, and blame the plant’s emissions of a compound named chloroprene, listed by the US government as a likely carcinogen. 'Missing in action': Democrat absent from Louisiana toxic pollution fight 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z DuPont did not pass on any of the research it had commissioned on chloroprene emissions offset to the plant’s new owners, according to allegations in the filings. Revealed: chemicals giant sold Louisiana plant amid fears over cost of offsetting toxic emissions 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z “Our goal on this is to find chloroprene,” said David Gray, deputy regional director of the EPA’s region six office at a community meeting in Reserve on Tuesday evening. Residents of Cancer Town urge tougher measures to monitor toxins 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z It is the nation's only industrial site that emits chloroprene. EPA finally calls out environmental racism in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z The federal government has recommended a maximum level of chloroprene humans should inhale over a lifetime as 0.2 micrograms a cubic metre. Revealed: Denka lobbied to undermine science behind ‘likely’ cancer-causing toxin 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z The plant has been operating in Reserve, belching out chloroprene emissions sometimes hundreds of times above the EPA’s suggested exposure limit, since 1968, spanning four Democratic presidencies and six Republican. 'Missing in action': Democrat absent from Louisiana toxic pollution fight 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Emissions often continue to exceed the 0.2 micrograms of chloroprene per cubic meter recommended though not required by the EPA, as a safe sustained lifetime exposure limit. Revealed: chemicals giant sold Louisiana plant amid fears over cost of offsetting toxic emissions 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z The monitors will also not directly measure for chloroprene itself, but other volatile compounds that researchers believe indicate heightened chloroprene presence in the ambient air. Residents of Cancer Town urge tougher measures to monitor toxins 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Taylor has lost his mother, sister and nephews to cancer, his wife is currently fighting the disease, and his daughter is battling a rare intestinal disease linked to chloroprene. Reporting on 'Cancer Town': 'We will hold politicians accountable for inaction' 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z The company said the EPA’s findings about the dangers of chloroprene would hurt its bottom line, according to another set of public records obtained by the Sierra Club under the FOIA. Revealed: Denka lobbied to undermine science behind ‘likely’ cancer-causing toxin 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z The plant is the only place in America to emit the compound chloroprene, listed by the EPA as a “likely carcinogen”. 'Evil economics': William Barber condemns proposed plastics facility in Cancer Alley 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z “They won’t talk to us,” said Taylor, whose adult daughter, Raven, is ill with a rare intestinal disease – gastroparesis – that he said doctors had tied to chloroprene. Japanese owners of plant at heart of US Cancer Town refuse to meet activists 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z He suggest that data showing chloroprene spikes would allow the EPA to engage with plant operators and work on ways to reduce emissions. Residents of Cancer Town urge tougher measures to monitor toxins 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z The EPA recommends a safe lifetime exposure limit of 0.2 micrograms per cubic meter of chloroprene, but readings at Fifth Ward have sometimes been hundreds of times above that. School at centre of Guardian's Cancer Town series may move students due to air pollution 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z Tsirigotis noted that EPA’s chloroprene review is not an air quality standard and is not used directly to regulate plants. Revealed: Denka lobbied to undermine science behind ‘likely’ cancer-causing toxin 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z The company has long disputed the dangers presented by chloroprene and is currently lobbying the federal government to change its “likely carcinogen” status. Cancer Town: Rev William Barber challenges presidential hopefuls to visit 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z The pollution is tied to a chemical plant – the only place in America to produce the synthetic rubber neoprene – that emits the compound chloroprene listed by the Environmental Protection Agency as a likely carcinogen. Cancer town: watch live as civil rights leader William Barber takes on pollution at Guardian town hall 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z For residents like Lydia Gerrard, who has long dealt with skin irritation and rashes, the research represents confirmation of what she had long suspected about her decades of exposure to chloroprene while living in Reserve. Residents of US' Cancer Town diagnosed at 'highly unusual' rates, study says 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Sanders has previously written to Denka in March 2019 to ask them to comply with a safe standard of chloroprene emissions suggested by the EPA. School at centre of Guardian's Cancer Town series may move students due to air pollution 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z The decision on chloroprene could also set a precedent for other chemical manufacturers to seek reviews to the science that has deemed their products unsafe. Revealed: Denka lobbied to undermine science behind ‘likely’ cancer-causing toxin 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z The Pontchartrain Works facility is the only place in the US that produces the synthetic rubber Neoprene, which contains the primary constituent chloroprene, listed by the Environmental Protection Agency as a likely carcinogen. Cancer Town: Rev William Barber challenges presidential hopefuls to visit 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z It is the only site in the US to produce the synthetic rubber neoprene, which is made of the compound chloroprene, listed by the federal government as a likely carcinogen. Residents of America’s Cancer Town confront chemical plant owner in Japan 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z The US government considers chloroprene, the primary constituent of neoprene, as likely to be carcinogenic to humans. Residents of US' Cancer Town diagnosed at 'highly unusual' rates, study says 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z The representative insisted that DuPont met chloroprene emissions limits in its state permit before sale of the neoprene unit to Denka. Chemical companies at centre of Guardian's Cancer Town series face legal action 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z Experts who have reviewed the situation say that if Denka is successful in its appeal, it could have license to release even more chloroprene into the air in Reserve, avoiding possible future regulations. Revealed: Denka lobbied to undermine science behind ‘likely’ cancer-causing toxin 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Government-installed air readers close to the plant routinely detect chloroprene dozens of times above this level. Toxic America: Louisiana residents march against polluting plant 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Despite this claim, Denka issued a statement on its website the day before the shareholder meeting defending its subsidiary’s operations and stating, “the carcinogenic risk level assigned to chloroprene … is overestimated”. Residents of America’s Cancer Town confront chemical plant owner in Japan 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z “I’m more than sure – that’s where it probably came from,” he told researchers, speaking about the connection between his cancer and the plant, “because that’s one of the cancers that’s been associated with chloroprene.” Residents of US' Cancer Town diagnosed at 'highly unusual' rates, study says 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z The plant’s owners – originally DuPont but now the Japanese company Denka – have long disputed the science that classifies its primary pollutant, chloroprene, a likely carcinogen. 'It’s been killing us for 50 years': residents on living in Cancer Town 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z For years Denka has been quietly fighting to discount the underlying science that proves chloroprene is a dangerous carcinogen even in low amounts. Revealed: Denka lobbied to undermine science behind ‘likely’ cancer-causing toxin 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Researchers fear that the chloroprene case represents yet another strategy for companies seeking relief from the burdens of regulations: challenge the science and, when that fails, appeal to friendly politicians and political appointees. Industry trumps peer-reviewed science at US environment agency 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Other industry groups are now pushing for review of the EPA’s scientific assessment of chloroprene, a chemical the agency identified as a likely carcinogen in 2010. EPA is taking more advice from industry — and ignoring its own scientists 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Environmental Protection Agency reclassified chloroprene as a likely carcinogen, the National Air Toxics Assessment of 2011 showed an elevated risk for certain types of cancer in parts of LaPlace. LDEQ: Plant agrees to cut emissions of likely carcinogen 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z The Gerards, who lived along the fenceline nearly all their lives, had happened upon the community meeting where officials first disclosed government findings on the cancer risks associated with chloroprene emissions in Reserve. 'It’s been killing us for 50 years': residents on living in Cancer Town 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Denka argues that lifetime chloroprene exposure levels could be 156 times higher than what the EPA has determined and that the chemical shouldn’t be considered a likely carcinogen. Revealed: Denka lobbied to undermine science behind ‘likely’ cancer-causing toxin 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z The plant continues to emit chloroprene above the 0.2 EPA guideline, according to the agency. Revealed: Denka lobbied to undermine science behind ‘likely’ cancer-causing toxin 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z They questioned why the EPA “ignored the conclusion of the highest quality study” cited by a consultant for Denka Performance Elastomer, the Japanese company that operates the sole U.S. chloroprene manufacturing plant. EPA is taking more advice from industry — and ignoring its own scientists 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z |
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