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Definition of chloroprene
: a colorless liquid C4H5Cl used especially in making neoprene by polymerization
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Production of neoprene—dive wetsuits, insulated lunch boxes, beer koozies—emits toxic chloroprene, and this is the only plant in America that produces it.
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Most of the violations stemmed from leaking or uncapped pipes releasing chloroprene, which Denka uses to make neoprene for wet suits and other materials.
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DuPont opened the factory on a former sugar plantation called Belle Point in 1964, and its smokestacks have been pumping out chloroprene over this mostly African-American neighborhood since 1969.
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Origin and Etymology of chloroprene
chlor- + isoprene
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