Good news! On December 18, 2024, the Federal Register published the news that the EPA has issued a high priority designation for vinyl chloride and four other probable carcinogens and will embark on a thorough review of this petrochemical’s health and safety impacts.

Yesterday, Beyond Plastics and our allies submitted public comments to the EPA docket urging the agency to finalize a high priority designation of vinyl chloride with the ultimate goal of a complete ban. You can view the comments submitted by Beyond Plastics, Earthjustice, and Toxic-Free Future here and additional comments submitted by our organization and 27 other organizations here. Beyond Plastics and our allies also collected and submitted well over 10,000 comments on behalf of U.S. residents who are also urging the EPA to act quickly and decisively to eliminate the harms from vinyl chloride. We are grateful to all who joined us in submitting comments to the EPA on this critical threat to public health and our environment. We’ll be in touch about next steps!

Beyond Plastics, Earthjustice, and Toxic-Free Future have just released "Vinyl Chloride: The Poison That Makes The Plastic | Considerations for EPA’s Evaluation of Vinyl Chloride Under the Toxic Substances Control Act." This report describes the ways in which vinyl chloride has harmed and continues to threaten frontline communities, workers, and consumers, and makes recommendations to the EPA to designate vinyl chloride as a high-priority chemical under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) process, the first step in a multi-year effort to get the EPA to restrict or ban vinyl chloride to protect public health.