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  2. Polyvinyl chloride - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1970s, the carcinogenicity of vinyl chloride (usually called vinyl chloride monomer or VCM) was linked to cancers in workers in the polyvinyl chloride industry. Specifically workers in polymerization section of a B.F. Goodrich plant near Louisville, Kentucky , were diagnosed with liver angiosarcoma also known as hemangiosarcoma , a ...

  3. Blue Vinyl - Wikipedia

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    It also investigates the many negative health effects of polyvinyl chloride in its production, use and disposal, focusing on the communities of Lake Charles and Mossville, Louisiana, and Venice, Italy. Filming for Blue Vinyl began in 1994. It was aired on HBO as part of the series America Undercover.

  4. Vinyl chloride - Wikipedia

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    Due to its toxic nature, vinyl chloride is not found in other products. Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) is very stable, storable and not toxic. [2] Until 1974, vinyl chloride was used in aerosol spray propellant. [7] Vinyl chloride was briefly used as an inhalational anaesthetic, in a similar vein to ethyl chloride, though its toxicity limited this use.

  5. List of glues - Wikipedia

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    latex, a coagulating plant fluid, also made synthetically latex is dissolved in an organic solvent organic solvent evaporates as it sets solvent may be hazardous; latex is an allergen: Methyl cellulose: cellulose, a plant structural material, and methyl chloride heating cellulose with an alkali and reacting it with methyl chloride

  6. Artificial Christmas tree - Wikipedia

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    The earliest artificial Christmas trees were wooden, tree-shaped pyramids or feather trees, both developed by Germans. Most modern trees are made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) but many other types of trees have been and are available, including aluminum Christmas trees and fiber-optic illuminated Christmas trees.

  7. Vinyon - Wikipedia

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    In some countries other than the United States, vinyon fibers are referred to as polyvinyl chloride fibers. It can bind non-woven fibers and fabrics. It was invented in 1939. It has the same health problems associated with chlorinated polymers. In the past, Vinyon was used a substitute for plant-based filters in tea bags.

  8. Polymer stabilizer - Wikipedia

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    The biggest quantity of stabilizers is used for polyvinyl chloride (PVC), as the production and processing of this type of plastic would not be possible without stabilizing chemicals. [1] Common polymer degradation processes include oxidation , UV-damage , thermal degradation , ozonolysis , combinations thereof such as photo-oxidation , as well ...

  9. Microplastics and human health - Wikipedia

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    PVC and plastic production produces PVC dust [59] [60] with mortality confirmed among vinyl and polyvinyl chloride workers after reanalysis of data [61] and coronary artery disease and cancer death among vinyl chloride exposed workers [62] Rubber chemical manufacturing impacting mortality among these workers. [63]