YOUNGSTOWN — With the Norfolk Southern train derailment civil trial in its third week, the focus of testimony Tuesday in U.S. District Court was Steve Smith, technical manager for OxyVinyls, the ...

His testimony was intended to show the reasons Smith and other OxyVinyls officials felt the vinyl chloride was not undergoing a change called polymerization. Fear of polymerization and a ...

The post was shared more than 1,100 times in seven days. The Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the use of vinyl chloride in aerosols on Aug. 16, 1974, when the chemical was still used in ...

Supported by By Ben Sisario Reporting from Salina, Kan. Hydraulic machines whooshed in a sprawling Kansas factory as melted vinyl squeezed through molded stampers like pancake batter, turning out ...

Olin executives disclosed at a recent investor conference that the company intends to enter the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) business. Olin already produces vinyl chloride and ethylene dichloride (EDC ...

The U.S. EPA announced Wednesday it will formally designate vinyl chloride as a high-priority substance for risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act. Regulators will consider whether ...

A South Jersey chemical company released almost 54 pounds of vinyl chloride into the atmosphere, then did not report the discharge as required by law, according to an environmental regulator.

Vinyl chloride, a hazardous substance used in the production of plastics, is one of five chemicals for which the EPA announced it will explore a designation. The other substances include ...

TONIGHT, PEOPLE LIVING IN EAST PALESTINE AND IN BEAVER COUNTY ARE FACING LINGERING QUESTIONS ABOUT VINYL CHLORIDE. LAST MONTH, FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS FOUND IT IS POSSIBLE THIS DID NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN.

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 trackside detectors that ...

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — 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 ...

PITTSBURGH ― An award-winning documentarian is coming to the region to host a discussion on vinyl chloride and its effects on the environment. The Carnegie Museum of Art will host a screening of ...