Chemical companies at centre of Guardian's Cancer Town series face state legal action
by Oliver Laughland in New York and Jamiles Lartey in from Environment | The Guardian on (#4H207)
Exclusive: Louisiana agency poised to sue companies associated with neoprene plant over alleged Clean Air Act violations
Louisiana's environment agency is poised to sue the two chemical companies associated with America's only neoprene plant in the town of Reserve, the Guardian has learned. The legal action relates to alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and Louisiana state environmental laws.
The news comes a month after the Guardian launched a year-long reporting project from Reserve, called Cancer Town, that tracks residents' struggle for clean air and reports from other parts of the New Orleans-Baton Rouge corridor known colloquially as Cancer Alley.
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