Environmentalists, steelworkers and others are asking a federal court to allow them to intervene in an industry suit challenging the administration's decision to list styrene as “reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen,” a move that if granted would allow the activists to defend the listing even if President Obama is not re-elected in November. Lawyers representing Environmental Defense Fund, United Steelworkers and Peter Orris, a Chicago occupational medicine practitioner, May 18 asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to allow them to intervene in Styrene Informati
December 29, 2025