Legal Opinion
Mexichem Specialty Resins, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 29, 2015No. 12-1260, 12-1265, 12-1266, 12-1267PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge PILLARD.
Opinion dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge KAVANAUGH.
PILLARD, Circuit Judge:
This case concerns the production of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), one of the world’s most common and versatile plastics, used in everything from water pipes to credit cards. As is true of the making of so many good things, however, the less one knows, the better one sleeps. PVC production results in the emission of more than a dozen known or suspected carcinogens and other hazardous air pollutants, a miasma that includes the known carcinogens 1, 3-butadiene,…
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