Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)

See links below for more information about this issue:

Vinyl Chloride, Environmental Protection Agency

Environmental Impacts of Polyvinyl Chloride Building Materials, Healthy Building Network, November 2002

PVC Bad News Comes in 3's, Center for Health, Environmental and Justice (CHEJ), November 2003

PVC Dangers and Healthy Alternatives, Healthy Building Science, Friday March 29, 2013

Affidavit of Judith Schreiber, Ph.D. in response New York State's finding that pvc flooring does not qualify as a "green building" material

Vinyl: The Poison Plastic, Workgroup for Safe Markets

The Consequences of Fire, National Fire Protection Association

The Dangers of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), Center for Health, Environmental and Justice (CHEJ)

Redwood fencing, Improvenet

PVC in Buildings: Hazards and Alternatives, Healthy Building Network

Holler for Your Health: Be the Key to a Healthy Family, by Teresa Holler

Mold growing on pvc fencing

Sam Suds, animated cartoon about PVC












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