DuPont declined to comment, noting in an email that ortho-toluidine was produced by "E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., not DuPont de Nemours," as the company now calls itself after relaunching in 2019.

Ortho-toluidine is a known human carcinogen that was linked to bladder cancer in animal experiments as far back as the 1950s. DPA is a possible carcinogen that may damage the bladder, ...

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Nailax is made using a chemical called ortho-toluidine, or OT, for short. When making Nailax, a chemical called diphenylamine, or DPA, is created in the process. OT is a known carcinogen.

The case was “the first Daubert ruling on experts in an ortho-toluidine case, even though the litigation has been proceeding since 1985,” Wodka said in an email Wednesday.

DEC modeling shows the plant is releasing Ortho-Toluidine, a chemical that studies have shown contributes to bladder cancer, at a rate of up to seven times higher than allowed under state guidelines.

Before his shift at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber plant in Niagara Falls, N.Y., in May 2021, a worker peed in a cup. Before he clocked out, he did it again. Goodyear shipped both specimens to a lab to ...

For years, the Goodyear chemical plant in Niagara Falls, N.Y., has been releasing large quantities of a carcinogen with the state's knowledge. Regulators say they're working on a solution, but ...

The U.S. agency that's supposed to protect workers' health has all but given up on setting limits on a dangerous chemical released in tire manufacturing. Meanwhile, workers are dying.