In 1974, the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the use of vinyl chloride in aerosols. It is still used primarily to produce polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, one of the most widely produced plastics ...
Betting on a recovery in the vinyl industry, Shintech, the US arm of Japan’s Shin-Etsu Chemical, plans to spend $3.4 billion to expand chlor-alkali, ethylene, and vinyl chloride ...
Is that rubber ducky your child plays with safe? It likely contains a toxic chemical called vinyl chloride, a known carcinogen banned in aerosols in 1974, but not other products. It’s still used to ...