The flames and deadly black smoke that billowed high over a small town on the Ohio and Pennsylvania border Monday were an acute reminder of a type of commonly used plastic with a particularly ...

A train derailment involving plastics feedstock vinyl chloride monomer has led to the evacuation of part of a small town in Ohio. A Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, on the ...

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has initiated a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic black smoke following a ...

Vinyl chloride – the chemical in several of the train cars that derailed and burned in East Palestine, Ohio, in February 2023 – can wreak havoc on the human liver. It has been shown to cause liver ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The flames and deadly black smoke that billowed high over a small town on the Ohio ...

Tankers of vinyl chloride were going halfway across the country, government records show, a trip highlighting the risks of transporting chemicals as plastics production grows. By Hiroko Tabuchi When a ...

The train was carrying industrial materials used in plastics, paint thinners and other products, according to information provided to the federal government. By Raymond Zhong Health and environmental ...