The Environmental Protection Agency extended the deadline for reporting health and safety data for 16 toxic chemicals, including benzene, BPA and vinyl chloride.

Smith was called to the stand by attorneys for OxyVinyls. His testimony was intended to show the reasons Smith and other OxyVinyls officials felt the vinyl chloride was not undergoing a change ...

The use of vinyl chloride in aerosols was banned in 1974, but it can still be used in other ways.

According to the draft scope document, EPA leveraged the data and information sources described in the Proposed Designation of Vinyl Chloride as a High-Priority Substance for Risk Evaluation to ...

EPA's review of vinyl chloride in PVC pipes encourages a look at long-term infrastructure solutions for Ohio water systems.

Vinyl chloride has been tied to liver, brain, and lung cancer and its presence in the 2023 East Palestine derailment is one of the major reasons residents remain concerned about possible long-term ...

EPA proposes designating vinyl chloride as a high-priority chemical, paving the way for a full ban. Concerns over health hazards remain.

Vinyl chloride, used to make things like PVC pipes and packaging, is also toxic and highly flammable, and was at the center of a major train disaster in Ohio last year.

Today, the EPA proposed that vinyl chloride would be one of five chemicals designated as high priority substances for risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). “There is no doubt ...

Fire engulfs derailed train cars in East Palestine, Ohio. On Feb. 6, 2023, the fire chief of East Palestine, Ohio, approved of the vent and burn of vinyl chloride in five derailed train cars ...

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Norfolk Southern and its contractors botched the decision to blow open five vinyl chloride tank cars after last year's disastrous derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and ...