The Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the use of vinyl chloride in aerosols on Aug. 16, 1974, when the chemical was still used in paints, paint removers, adhesives and solvents.

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The more than 100,000-gallon vinyl chloride shipment that burned in Ohio was on a 1,600-mile journey from a chemicals plant just outside Houston, Texas, to a PVC flooring plant in Pedricktown, N.J.

In addition to rail accidents, the report gathers data about the movement of vinyl chloride exports, which are largely shipped to facilities in Mexico and Colombia on huge tankers carrying up to ...

They said there have been nearly 1,000 unplanned releases of vinyl chloride from factories between 2010 and 2023, as well as 28 incidents since 1968 where vinyl chloride-carrying tank cars have ...

Vinyl chloride is used to produce PVC, a hard plastic used for pipes and in some packaging, coatings, and wires. Its health risks were discovered in the 1970s at a B.F. Goodrich factory in the ...

If vinyl chloride is selected for “high priority” designation at the end of this phase, which can last between nine and 12 months, EPA will embark on a more comprehensive review of vinyl ...

Along with vinyl chloride, acetaldehyde, acrylonitrile, benzenamine and MBOCA were also selected for further review. All five chemicals are all used in the plastic industry and were selected from the ...

The Biden administration has initiated a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic black smoke following a fiery train ...

The Environmental Protection Agency Dec. 14 put vinyl chloride monomer on its next priority list of legacy chemicals for a detailed safety review.

Debate over vinyl chloride has simmered for years but gained a new urgency after the Feb. 3 derailment of a 50-car Norfolk Southern freight train in East Palestine.

Debate over vinyl chloride has simmered for years but gained a new urgency after the Feb. 3 derailment of a 50-car Norfolk Southern freight train in East Palestine.