Posted February 3, 200619 yr LEGAL APPEAL Polluter hires ex-EPA director Friday, February 03, 2006 Spencer Hunt THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Planning to take on the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency? It might help to hire someone who used to work there. Faced with a state order to cut toxic chemicals that leaked from its Addyston plastics plant, Lanxess Corp. of Pittsburgh has hired Chris Jones, who directed the Ohio EPA for six years before he stepped down in January 2005. "I’m here merely as a consultant," Jones said yesterday morning at the Downtown offices of the Environmental Review Appeals Commission. More at: http://www.dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/02/03/20060203-D1-02.html
May 26, 200619 yr Addyston cancer rate 'troubling' State study shows cases are 76% over the expected rate BY PEGGY O'FARRELL | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER ADDYSTON - Cancer incidence in this village, where a plastics plant has released chemicals for decades, is considerably higher than the expected rate, an Ohio Department of Health study shows. Health officials say they don't have enough information to say why those cases are occurring. Staff from the Hamilton County General Health District will conduct a follow-up study to get more information, health commissioner Tim Ingram said. That study should be complete by October. "We must take the time to understand what's occurring here," he said. More at: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060417/NEWS01/604170331/1056/rss02
June 5, 200619 yr Addyston cancers studied Incidence rate is higher than normal, and county wants to know why BY PEGGY O'FARRELL | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER The detective work is starting as Hamilton County health officials try to determine why so many people in Addyston have cancer. A May 25 report from the Ohio Department of Health shows the incidence of cancer in Addyston, a village of about 1,000 people, is 76 percent higher than expected in the general population. Residents such as Sue Lloyd, a breast cancer survivor, have long been concerned about emissions from the plastics plant in town, which has been operating since the 1950s. More at: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060605/NEWS01/606050324/1056/rss02
June 15, 200619 yr U.S. EPA cites plastics plant over release of contaminants BY PEGGY O'FARRELL | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cited plastics maker Lanxess Corp. for air contamination at its Addyston plant. But company officials say they've already taken steps to address two of the issues mentioned by the EPA. Lanxess officials are working to set up a meeting with the EPA to discuss the findings in Tuesday's citation, said plant manager Sandy Marshall. More at: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060615/NEWS01/606150347/1056
June 17, 200618 yr Lanxess: Cancer study flawed Chemical company denies it is the cause of high incidence BY PEGGY O'FARRELL | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER Officials at Lanxess Corp. said Friday their plant is not the cause of Addyston's high cancer incidence. Company officials released a statement disputing the findings of an Ohio Department of Health study on cancer in Addyston. The village is 12 miles west of downtown Cincinnati on the banks of the Ohio River. The study, released last month, found that 55 residents in the village were diagnosed with cancer from 1996 to 2003. More at: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060617/NEWS01/606170359/1056/rss02
October 31, 200618 yr EPA: Lanxess emissions reduced BY QUAN TRUONG | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER ADDYSTON - State officials announced Thursday that certain chemical emissions from the Lanxess Corp. plant have been reduced and meet public health standards. For residents here, the announcement was good news - and a matter of life and death. In this village - 12 miles west of downtown Cincinnati and across the Ohio River from Hebron - the cancer incidence is 75 percent higher than the expected rate for the community. Not a day goes by that resident Sue Lloyd doesn't think about the air she breathes. Since she moved here in 1967, she has lost six of her neighbors to cancer - people who have lived either next door or behind her home. Lloyd was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999. More at: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061020/NEWS01/610200369/1056/COL02
November 28, 200618 yr Ohio EPA wants more air pollution controls from Lanxess Cincinnati Business Courier - November 8, 2006 Lanxess Corp. will have to come up with more ideas to control its air emissions, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday. The agency told the company to identify additional measures to control the emission of 1,3-butadiene and acrylonitrile at its Addyston plant, the Ohio EPA said in a news release. The EPA will evaluate the measures and may require their implementation in later orders. More at: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2006/11/06/daily23.html?surround=lfn
November 28, 200618 yr Addyston cancer not linked to plant County health agency gives study results BY WILLIAM A. WEATHERS | ENQUIRER STAFF REPORTER ADDYSTON - A case assessment study by the Hamilton County Health Department identified a number of risk factors - including smoking and diet - shared by village cancer victims, and none of those risk factors involve the Lanxess Corp. plant. The study results were detailed Monday at a meeting of the Addyston Environmental Task Force, which was formed after residents expressed concerns about emissions coming from Lanxess, a thermoplastics manufacturing plant. Lanxess plant manager Sandy Johnson said after the meeting that the cancer study results indicate "that there is no direct link to the plant. There are other health factors at play." More at: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061121/NEWS01/611210393/1056/COL02
June 21, 200717 yr EPA, county reach agreement with Lanxess Cincinnati Business Courier - March 13, 2007 Lanxess Corp. will conduct studies this month to determine what is causing air violations at its Addyston plant, the result of an agreement with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services, the Ohio EPA said Tuesday. Under the agreement, Lanxess will submit evaluations and control measures for lowering its emissions of 1,3 butadiene and acrylonitrile by March 31. The EPA will then determine if any further actions are needed, according to a news release. More at: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2007/03/12/daily20.html?from_rss=1
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