EPA CALL FOR C-8 EMISSIONS CUTS COULD SHIFT FOCUS AWAY FROM DUPONT

EPA's recent call for DuPont and other manufacturers to cut emissions of C-8 -- a processing agent used to make common consumer products -- could shift the focus away from the U.S. chemical giant to the seven other companies that also produce similar compounds, one industry source says. Company officials indicated after EPA's announcement that they were all but complying with EPA's call to cut emissions of the compound by 95 percent by 2010. The announcement comes as the agency's...