PVC, or polyvinyl chloride, is one of the most produced plastics in the United States and the third highest by volume in the world. PVC makes up a vast amount of plastics we use on a daily basis. Much ...

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is among the most widely produced plastics globally, yet its high chlorine content and additive complexity render mechanical recycling and conventional thermal treatments ...

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 ...

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) polymers are widely employed across electrical insulation, construction membranes, packaging and heritage collections. Thermal ageing of PVC involves progressive chemical and ...

This photo taken with a drone shows portions of a Norfolk and Southern freight train that derailed Friday night in East Palestine, Ohio. Gene J. Puskar Associated Press A train carrying vinyl chloride ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has initiated a process to prioritize vinyl chloride and four other chemicals used in the manufacture and processing of plastics for risk evaluation. If ...

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

A Feb. 22 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows an image of a woman's face and scribbled mathematical formulas. "Trying to understand why a train was carrying over 300,000 gallons of a ...