The issues with PVC aren’t new. A 2001 PBS documentary, Trade Secrets, outlined how chemical companies spent decades working to downplay the risk of disease for their workers.In 2015, the EPA ...

The Pros Of PVC Vinyl Fencing: It Lasts A Long, Long Time, And Doesn't Require Maintenance. After decades of popularity, the ...

About half a dozen hazardous substances were on board the train when it derailed in East Palestine — as well as the residue of one substance that can cause genetic mutations.

It's a poly-vinyl chloride, or the ubiquitous PVC plastic. PVC is used in a huge variety of ways, with the basic formula ...

A growing number of siding products also are manufactured with plastic materials other than PVC, prompting the Alexandria, Va.-based Vinyl Siding Institute trade group to change its name to the ...

Because it’s made from polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, vinyl siding is essentially fire-resistant. PVC will not ignite unless it reaches an extremely high temperature, about 750 degrees Fahrenheit.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 14: The 12th edition of Vinyl India -- the World's Largest PVC & CPVC Business Summit & Exhibition -- took place on April 10-11, 2025, at the Jio World ...

U.K. retail stores such as Rough Trade have come on board with Key Production's recycling service. By Tyler Jenke In 2024, Billie Eilish explained that her Hit Me Hard and Soft album was set to be ...

Politics How to ‘Make Some Good’ Out of East Palestine, Ohio, Rail Disaster? Ban Vinyl Chloride, Former EPA Official Says The Feb. 3 derailment, spill and conflagration has focused attention ...

Even though we have highlighted above a few ways vinyl records are becoming more sustainably produced, there is still a long way to go. Artists still release multiple variants of the same vinyl, with ...

Vinyl records and CDs are made from different types of plastic – vinyl from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and CDs polycarbonate – both of which can take hundreds of years to decompose in landfills ...