Both alcohol and chloroform are also known carcinogens. NFPA safety diamonds for alcohol (ethanol), chloroform, and vinyl chloride. The 2 in the blue squares indicate a moderate hazard.

The residents of East Palestine, Ohio, have more than enough to worry about. A train wreck with black fumes of burning chemicals pouring from a tank is frightening enough. The absolute last thing they ...

(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… ...

In the aftermath of the derailment, residents of East Palestine have demanded an explanation for the decision to vent and burn toxic vinyl chloride from five derailed tanker cars, which sent a ...

Accidents involving the toxic chemical spilled in East Palestine, Ohio, last year have occurred more than once per week since 2010, according to a report published Tuesday by Earthjustice… ...

In 2020, air permit holders in North Carolina emitted 5.5 tons of vinyl chloride — the same chemical that was released from rail cars during a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, last month.

WASHINGTON — 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 ...

The EPA’s announcement on vinyl chloride and the other four chemicals – acetaldehyde, acrylonitrile, benzenamine, and MBOCA – kicks off a yearlong process during which the agency plans to ...

The more than 100,000-gallon vinyl chloride shipment that burned in Ohio was on a 1,600-mile journey from a chemicals plant just outside Houston, Texas, to a PVC flooring plant in Pedricktown, N.J.

Vinyl chloride is referred to as "PVC's plastic building block," but it became notable for a different reason in February, when 1.1 million gallons of the toxic chemical were released into the ...

Vinyl chloride, which is used to make PVC plastics, dilutes fairly quickly in outside air and water. One concern for lingering exposure from the derailment involves private wells.