Some residents in Whitewater Township were asked to evacuate due to a leak of styrene in the area.

While the leak coming from the train car appeared to be a gas, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences says styrene is a colorless, flammable liquid used to make plastics and rubber.

A new report from the National Research Council has upheld the listing of styrene as “reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen” in the National Toxicology Program’s 12th Report on Carcinogens ...

Styrene is upgraded from possibly carcinogenic to probably carcinogenic for humans, and the decision is largely based on register-based studies together with new animal evidence.

Limited evidence that styrene causes cancer Date: February 14, 2017 Source: Aarhus University Summary: In 2011, the styrene, a high volume plastics chemical and animal carcinogen, was the focal ...

Styrene producer Americas Styrenics LLC (AmSty), The Woodlands, Texas, has announced the first sales of its PolyRenew certified recycled styrene product were recorded in 2024. PolyRenew is AmSty’s ...