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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Among the vinyl polymers and copolymers, the polyvinyl-chloride (PVC) thermoplastics are the most commercially significant. With various plasticizers, fillers, stabilizers, lubricants, and impact ...

(THE CONVERSATION) – Vinyl chloride – the chemical in several of the train cars that derailed and burned in East Palestine, Ohio, in February 2023 – can wreak havoc on the human liver. It has been ...

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 ...

Just over a year ago, the world was shocked by a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that carried more than 100,000 gallons of toxic chemicals, exposing thousands of inhabitants and the local ...

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 ...

Mix a solution of 1 cup of apple cider vinegar—or white vinegar if you want to disinfect—and 1 gallon of clean, warm/hot water to a bucket. Dip your soft microfiber mop or microfiber cloth into the ...