Experts called by the US National Transportation Safety Board, or NTSB, to testify about February’s train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, said at a hearing Thursday that tank cars containing ...

Workers in the PVC manufacturing industry reported dizziness and confusion when exposed to vinyl chloride vapours. And then in 1949, liver damage was reported in 15 of 48 workers exposed to vinyl ...

Vinyl Chloride Industry Keeps Expanding Despite East Palestine Disaster Proposed laws to curtail the use of PVC plastics have failed amid heavy lobbying. Schuyler Mitchell February 3 2024, 7:00 a.m.

The Vinyl Institute estimates 70% of PVC is used in building and construction, where it can be found in roofing, siding, flooring, windows and doors, wallcovering, and fencing.

The flooring is one example of a product that uses PVC, plastic made from vinyl chloride, the toxic chemical that burned in a plume of smoke over East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month when a ...

Vinyl chloride is a colorless gas that burns easily and evaporates quickly. It does not occur naturally in the environment. Instead, it must be produced industrially, according to the National Cancer ...

The Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the use of vinyl chloride in aerosols in 1974, but the chemical is still used in other products and remains a key component in PVC pipes.

The Environmental Protection Agency said it will review risks posed by a handful of chemicals, including vinyl chloride, which is used to make a variety of plastic products, including pipes, wire and ...

Drabick also said that even if he had been aware that OxyVinyls did not think the vinyl chloride was undergoing an explosive reaction, it might not have changed the outcome of the vent and burn.