A southeast Louisiana school board voted to shut down a predominantly Black elementary school next to a petrochemical ...

Denka Performance Elastomer, which neighbors the elementary school, is the only facility in the country to produce neoprene, ...

Denka Performance Elastomer LLC produces the synthetic rubber neoprene used for wetsuits, laptop sleeves and other common products. The facility emits the likely carcinogen chloroprene at such ...

Majority Black Louisiana Elementary School to Shut Down Amid Lawsuits Over Toxic Air Exposure RESERVE, La. (AP) — A southeast Louisiana school board voted on Thursday to shut down a ...