POLYVINYL CHLORIDE

(PVC), thermoplastic that is a polymer of vinyl chloride. Resins of polyvinyl chloride are hard, but with the addition of plasticizers a flexible, elastic plastic can be made. This plastic has found extensive use as an electrical insulator for wires and cables. Cloth and paper can be coated with it to produce fabrics that may be used for upholstery materials and raincoats.

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books on: Polyvinyl Chloride  - 211 results

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Deceit and Denial: The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution
Book by Gerald Markowitz, David Rosner; University of California Press, 2002
Subjects: Environmental Health, Environmental Health--Social Aspects, Factory And Trade Waste--Environmental Aspects, Pollution--Health Aspects
...post World War II world. Polyvinyl chloride was first manufactured in...plastics were produced. Polyvinyl and vinyl chlorides accounted for 5.4 billion...flexibility and durability, polyvinyl chloride was extremely adaptable...
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Resources in America's Future: Patterns of Requirements and Availabilities, 1960-2000
Book by Hans H. Landsberg, Leonard L. Fischman, Joseph L. Fisher; Johns Hopkins University Press, 1963
...been stopped by the newer resins polyvinyl chloride and rubber tile . This trend...though recently losing ground to polyvinyl acetate in miscellaneous minor...melamine assumed to lose ground to polyvinyl acetate. 6. From Table A7...
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Metal Casting of Sculpture
Book by Carl Dame Clarke; Standard Arts Press, 1948
Subjects: Precision Casting, Sculpture--Technique
...compound containing chlorine is vinyl chloride, and the compound containing an...for this. Derivitives known as polyvinyl acetals are produced by the reaction of aldhydes with polyvinyl alcohol; polyvinyl butyral made with butyraldhyde...
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Making Capitalism in China: The Taiwan Connection
Book by You-Tien Hsing; Oxford University Press, 1998
Subjects: China--Economic Conditions--1976-, China--Foreign Economic Relations--Taiwan, Investments, Taiwan--China, Mixed Economy--China, Taiwan--Foreign Economic Relations--China
...other household products, the polyvinyl chlorides industry has established...industrial linkages. Production of polyvinyl chlorides and polyurethane has been the...others Liu, 1990:166-181 . Polyvinyl chloride and polyurethane suppliers...
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Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment
Book by Sandra Steingraber; Addison-Wesley, 1997
Subjects: Cancer--Environmental Aspects, Environmental Toxicology
...Plastics, 55 , 97 , 249 . See also Polyvinyl chloride Plastics manufacture, 48 -49...46. See also Benzo a pyrene Polyvinyl chloride, 66 , 67 , 92 , 112...145 Pulp mills, 114 PVC. See Polyvinyl chloride Race/ethnicity, and...
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journal articles on: Polyvinyl Chloride  - 163 results

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Estimated Risks of Water and Saliva Contamination by Phthalate Diffusion from Plasticized Polyvinyl Chloride
Journal article; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 71, 2008
Subjects: Phthalate plasticizers--Health aspects, Phthalate plasticizers--Physiological aspects, Polyvinyl chloride--Chemical properties, Polyvinyl chloride--Health aspects, Polyvinyl chloride--Physiological aspects, Saliva--Chemical properties, Salivary glands--Chemical properties, Salivary glands--secretions
...Contamination by Phthalate Diffusion from Plasticized Polyvinyl Chloride. This department, Practical Stuff! originated...Phthalates are additives commonly used to convert hard polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resins into flexible and workable plastics...
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Estimated Risks of Water and Saliva Contamination by Phthalate Diffusion from Plasticized Polyvinyl Chloride
Journal article by Kira S. Corea-Tellez, Patricia Bustamante-Montes, Magdalena Garcia-Fabila, Maria A. Hernandez-Valero, Flavio Vazquez-Moreno; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 71, 2008
Subjects: Phthalate plasticizers--Health aspects, Phthalate plasticizers--Physiological aspects, Polyvinyl chloride--Chemical properties, Polyvinyl chloride--Health aspects, Polyvinyl chloride--Physiological aspects, Public health--Management, Saliva--Chemical properties, Salivary glands--Chemical properties, Salivary glands--secretions
...Contamination by Phthalate Diffusion from Plasticized Polyvinyl Chloride. by Kira S. Corea-Tellez , Patricia Bustamante...br/ Compound Weight (mg) <br/ Calcium chloride 100 <br/ Magnesium chloride 400 <br/ Potassium carbonate 810 <br/ Sodium...
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Follow-Up Study of Adolescents Exposed to Di(2-Ethylhexyl) Phthalate (DEHP) as Neonates on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Support
Journal article by Khodayar Rais-Bahrami, Susan Nunez, Mary E. Revenis, Naomi L.C. Luban, Billie L. Short; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 112, 2004
Subjects: Infants (Newborn), Newborn infants, Polyvinyl chloride, Teenagers, Youth
...ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is used to make polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic tubing soft and flexible. Animal...called phthalates. These chemicals are used to make polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic tubing soft and flexible. Because...
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Experimental PVC Material Challenge in Subjects with Occupational PVC Exposure
Journal article by Anneli Tuomainen, Harri Stark, Markku Seuri, Maija-Riitta Hirvonen, Markku Linnainmaa, Anne Sieppi, Hannu Tukiainen; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 114, 2006
Subjects: American Thoracic Society, Asthma, Nitric oxide, Polyvinyl chloride
...Linnainmaa , Anne Sieppi , Hannu Tukiainen BACKGROUND: Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) materials have been linked to asthma in...clarified. In several epidemiologic studies the use of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) materials in indoor environments has been...
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Transport of Agricultural Pb, as and P through a Riparian Wetland
Journal article by Stan Galicki, Gregg R. Davidson, Stephen T. Threlkeld; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 159, 2008
Subjects: Chemicals, Investigations, Land surveys, Litter, Mass spectrometry, Polyvinyl chloride, Sediments, Stream flow, Studies, Wildlife management
...earlier investigations. Sediment cores ranging in depth from 0.4 to 1.3 m were collected using a 10-cm diam polyvinyl chloride (PVC) coring tool from the two riparian and one open water sites in 2000 and again in 2003. The 2000 cores from...
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magazine articles on: Polyvinyl Chloride  - 156 results

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Denmark's Vinyl Cut
Magazine article by Charlie Cray; Multinational Monitor, Vol. 20, June 1999
Subjects: Denmark, Environmental policy, Environmental protection, Plastics, Polyvinyl chloride, Taxation
...environmental hazards created throughout the life-cycle of polyvinyl chloride (PVC, commonly known as vinyl) plastic, the...The plan includes a proposed generalized tax on polyvinyl chloride (PVC) products, along with a goal to reduce the...
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Spinning Vinyl: Companies Kick out the PVC
Magazine article by Paul W. Mcrandle; World Watch, Vol. 19, March 2006
Subjects: Plastic packaging--Environmental aspects, Plastics in packaging--Environmental aspects, Polymer industry--Production management, Polyvinyl chloride--Environmental aspects, Polyvinyl chloride--Production management
...as well as many toy producers, hi-tech companies, and health care facilities, have begun phasing out use of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Even Microsoft gets the message, giving consumers an unexpected Christmas gift last December with the...
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Pretty in Plastic: Pleather Is a Versatile, Though Controversial, Alternative to Leather
Magazine article by Starre Vartan; E, Vol. 13, September 2002
Subjects: Artificial leather--Composition, Artificial leather--Environmental aspects, Artificial leather--Products, Clothing industry--Materials, Clothing industry--Products, Leather industry--Environmental aspects, Leather industry--International trade, Leather industry--Moral and ethical aspects, Plastics industry--Environmental aspects, Plastics industry--Materials, Plastics industry--Products, Polyurethanes--Environmental aspects, Polyurethanes--Usage, Polyvinyl chloride--Environmental aspects, Polyvinyl chloride--Usage
...dads leather motorcycle jacket with a less environmentally damaging alternative may be surprisingly difficult. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polyurethane (PU), the principal components of pleather, are both petroleum based, and made from...
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After Katrina
Magazine article by Shawn Kennedy; The Crisis, Vol. 118, Spring 2011
Subjects: Affordable housing, Business plans, Cement, Construction industry, Disaster relief, Environmental justice, Floods, Health sciences, Homeowners, Lead content, Polyvinyl chloride
...rights. In 1998, for example, DSCEJ helped block plastic producer Shintech Inc.s plan to build a $700 million polyvinyl chloride plant in Convent, La., a tiny African American town that already bore a disproportionate share of exposure to...
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Ottawa Soft on Pollutants
Magazine article by Gillian McCann; Herizons, Vol. 18, Summer 2004
Subjects: Canada, Environmental aspects, Hospitals, Laws & regulations, Pollution, Polyvinyl chloride
...raincoats. It makes your Tupperware containers soft. In the hospital, IV tubing is likely to be made from it. It is polyvinyl chloride (PVC), part of a family of chemicals made from chlorine that is mixed with petrochemicals. PVC production began...
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newspaper articles on: Polyvinyl Chloride  - 60 results

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Some Plastic School Materials Highly Toxic, Says EcoWaste
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, June 6, 2010
Subjects: Instructional materials, Phthalate plasticizers, Polyvinyl chloride, Teaching--Equipment and supplies
...Coalition bought five school supplies with typical PVC (polyvinyl chloride), a toxic industrial chemical commonly used to...industrial chemicals commonly used to make plastics like polyvinyl chloride (PVC) more flexible, softer or durable. "Our...
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News in Brief
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, February 15, 2001
Subjects: Bank of Commerce, Banking industry, Commercial banks, Mabuhay Vinyl Corp., Philippine Resins Industries Inc., Polyvinyl chloride, Polyvinyl chloride industry
...units Philippine Resins Industries Inc. has agreed to buy the marketing and sales operations of Mabuhay Vinyl Corps polyvinyl chloride business for P120 million, Mabuhay told the Philippine Stock Exchange yesterday. On Tuesday MVC said it would...
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DENR Joins Tarpaulin War
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, February 13, 2010
Subjects: Polyvinyl chloride
...of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has started the distribution of environmentally-unfriendly PVC (polyvinyl chloride) plastic-coated tarpaulins to publicize its campaign.DENR earlier started a program that gives away free tarpaulins...
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Don't Let Greed Hold You Back
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 22, 2010
Subjects: Business sale, Polyvinyl chloride
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Hospitals, Manufacturers Seek Safe Alternate Plastic
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), December 8, 2005
...a softening chemical used in polyvinyl chloride, a ubiquitous form of flexible...Wednesday that it would stop using polyvinyl chloride in its packaging materials...announced it would phase out polyvinyl chloride wherever possible - so more...
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encyclopedia articles on: Polyvinyl Chloride  - 6 results

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Polyvinyl Chloride
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
POLYVINYL CHLORIDE (PVC), thermoplastic that is a polymer of vinyl chloride. Resins of polyvinyl chloride are hard, but with the addition of plasticizers a flexible, elastic plastic can be made. This plastic has found extensive use as an...
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Plastic
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and usually its name. Thus, polyvinyl chloride is both the name of a binder...polystyrene ; polyurethanes ; polyvinyl chloride ; vinyl plastics . Molding...harmful fumes; e.g., burning polyvinyl chloride gives off hydrogen chloride...
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Phthalates
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...liquids that do not evaporate readily, they are used primarily to make polyvinyl chloride (PVC) soft and flexible. When added to plastics, phthalates allow the long polyvinyl molecules to slide against one another. Phthalates may be found in...
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Vinyl Plastics
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...ethylene, H 2 C double bond CH 2 ), e.g., vinyl chloride (H 2 C=CHCl) and vinyl acetate (H 2 C=CH...considered the simplest of the vinyl polymers, and polyvinyl chloride is an important member of this group. Polytetrafluoroethylene...
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Thermoplastics
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...methods such as molding or extrusion. Thermoplastics include polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyester, polyvinyl chloride, acrylics, nylons, spandex-type polyurethanes, and cellulosics. ____________________ Copyright...
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