HOUSTON, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Responding to an erroneous wire service report, Lyondell Chemical Company (NYSE: LYO) clarified today that it is eliminating approximately 120 jobs at its Lake Charles manufacturing facility (or approximately 20% of the workforce at that site) due to a decision to exit the ADI business and restructure its TDI business. The company is not reducing its overall workforce by 20%.

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