How to Use chloroprene in a Sentence

chloroprene

noun

• The proposal would slash ethylene oxide emissions nationwide by about two-thirds and chloroprene by three-quarters from 2020 levels, according to the agency.
  — Michael Phillis, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2023
• The plant, owned by Denka Performance Elastomer, already has chloroprene monitors at more than 20 locations along its perimeter.
  — Lisa Song, ProPublica, 13 Apr. 2023
• Production of neoprene—dive wetsuits, insulated lunch boxes, beer koozies—emits toxic chloroprene, and this is the only plant in America that produces it.
  — Justin Nobel, Longreads, 13 July 2017
• Denka officials in October announced they had cut chloroprene by 86%.
  — Gordon Russell, ProPublica, 19 Dec. 2019
• Most of the violations stemmed from leaking or uncapped pipes releasing chloroprene, which Denka uses to make neoprene for wet suits and other materials.
  — Drew Broach, NOLA.com, 27 June 2017
• 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.
  — Michael Phillis, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2023
• 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.
  — Michael Phillis and Matthew Daly, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
• Children under the age of 16 are particularly vulnerable to carcinogens like chloroprene, according to the EPA.
  — Katie Reimchen, NBC News, 16 Mar. 2023
• Under pressure from state regulators, Denka agreed in 2017 to install equipment designed to reduce chloroprene emissions.
  — Katie Reimchen, NBC News, 16 Mar. 2023
• The lawsuit demands that Denka eliminate dangerous emissions of chloroprene.
  — Michael Phillis and Matthew Daly, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
• The company reduced chloroprene emissions after the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality issued an order in 2017, but the complaint said levels of the chemical are still too high.
  — Talal Ansari, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
• Among other things, the agency also recommended that state environmental officials conduct testing of locations in the parish to determine where concentrations of chloroprene are low enough to temporarily relocate the students to.
  — Amanda Watts, CNN, 26 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 22 Oct 2024