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Vinyl Chloride
Vinyl chloride is an industrial chemical used mainly to make polyvinyl chloride, a plastic used in thousands of consumer products. Vinyl chloride itself was once used in aerosol spray propellant. Inhaled in amounts large enough to smell, vinyl chloride has an effect similar to drunkenness, causing dizziness, confusion and unconsciousness. Unlike alcohol, vinyl chloride causes a variety of cancers, including a particularly virulent liver cancer called angiosarcoma of the liver. Other health effects include liver damage, Raynaud's Disease (which damages blood vessels to the extremities), decreased blood clotting and birth defects. Occupational exposure is a risk for anyone who works in a vinyl chloride or PVC plant; those who worked in beauty salons using aerosol hair sprays before 1974 may also be at risk.
Vinyl Chloride Classified As Carcinogen
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as well as the National Toxicology Program, classifies vinyl chloride as a documented carcinogen. In fact, vinyl chloride appears in all registered... read more
Vinyl Chloride Vinyl Chloride is perhaps something that is not widely considered; however, is more widespread than most people know as it is used in so many manufacturing processes.... read more
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