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 ...

In 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency flagged vinyl chloride — a hazardous chemical that’s used to make PVC pipes and other plastic products — for further assessment and potential ...

The Biden administration says it could soon launch a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic black smoke following the ...

The Biden-Harris administration said Wednesday that it was taking its first steps toward potentially regulating vinyl chloride, a versatile yet cancerous and flammable chemical used widely to make ...

Following public pressure, the Environmental Protection Agency on Dec. 14 named vinyl chloride monomer to its next group of five legacy chemicals that could receive high priority risk assessments ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency says it will look at five toxic compounds to see if they should be bumped to high-priority status under the Toxic Substances Control Act( TSCA). Environmental ...

A new report from environmentalists says that 3 million people are at risk from train accidents like the one that saw vinyl chloride monomer spill and burn last year in East Palestine, Ohio. The ...

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 ...

A black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern trains Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. The Biden administration has initiated ...

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration says it could soon launch a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic black smoke ...