In 1974, the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the use of vinyl chloride in aerosols. It is still used primarily to produce polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, one of the most widely produced plastics ...

Among the vinyl polymers and copolymers, the polyvinyl-chloride (PVC) thermoplastics are the most commercially significant. With various plasticizers, fillers, stabilizers, lubricants, and impact ...

Compositions of poly(vinyl chloride) with 2–10 (w/w) cellulose were prepared by extrusion. The mechanical properties and water absorptiveness of modified PVC have ...

Is that rubber ducky your child plays with safe? It likely contains a toxic chemical called vinyl chloride, a known carcinogen banned in aerosols in 1974, but not other products. It’s still used to ...

Shintech says it will spend $1.3 billion to expand a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) complex it is building in Plaquemine, Louisiana. The company, a subsidiary of Japan’s Shin-Etsu Chemical, is in the midst ...