The Denka Performance Elastomer plant in St. John Parish has been accused of producing emissions that leads to higher cancer rates. In April, the EPA gave the chemical plant 90-days to lower its emissions, but on Monday the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality said it’s giving Denka two years to meet the new emission requirements. DEQ Secretary Aurelia Giacometto says the 90-day timeline was not realistic…
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Denka told WWL-TV that its plant does not pose a public health threat.

Starting January 1st, commercial insurers will be required to cover the cost of bariatric surgery. Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow says this type of coverage has been available to Medicaid policyholders and state workers…
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Two adults and an 8-year-old child were found dead in a home near Albany Monday morning in what appears to be a murder/suicide. Colleen Crain has the story
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Hurricane Beryl has set another record. It’s the earliest known category Five storm in the Atlantic Basin. Jamaica could take a direct hit from Beryl tomorrow. The National Hurricane Center expects Beryl to make landfall on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on Friday and end up in the southern Gulf of Mexico as a tropical storm this weekend.