REPORT: 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; provides a sampling of the many vinyl chloride leaks, spills, fires and explosions that have occurred over the last five decades; and makes recommendations to the EPA to designate vinyl chloride as a high-priority chemical under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) process.