Why is a potentially lethal chemical still legal in the U.S.? 05:16 California is considering whether an allegedly dangerous chemical found in common paint strippers should be taken off the market.

Few people had heard of vinyl chloride or ethylhexyl acrylate before the East Palestine accident. Here's how anyone can assess any chemical's danger ...

Why is a potentially lethal chemical still legal in the U.S.? 05:16 Manufacturers acknowledge the dangers, but say there are no good substitutes for methylene chloride paint strippers.

But shrapnel wasn’t the only risk. Inhaling vinyl chloride fumes can be deadly. Even people in neighboring towns were at risk. On Feb. 10, seven days after the crash, the Environmental ...

There is no better way to convey danger than the biological hazard symbol.Its ascent to the top of the warning-symbol heap has been relatively swift. Though the skull and crossbones has been ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Thursday that it won’t reverse an Obama administration report that enumerated various harms from exposure to paint-stripping chemical methylene ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced this week that vinyl chloride — the chemical that was vented and burned over East Palestine following the Feb. 3 train derailment ...

CNN uses a quote from Dr. Maria Doa, senior director of chemical policy for EDF: “In addition to being carcinogenic, methylene chloride can cause other health harms, such as liver toxicity and at ...

Vinyl chloride, used to make things like PVC pipes and packaging, is also toxic and highly flammable, ... Dangerous Chemical. By Hiroko Tabuchi. July 24, 2024. Share full article.

The US Environmental Protection Agency has banned most uses of methylene chloride, a solvent that has been linked to a number of adverse health effects and some deaths. Since 1980, at least 88 ...

The chemical spill released over one million pounds of vinyl chloride, which was on its way from Madison, Illinois, to Conway, Pennsylvania, one of the largest train yards in the United States.

But what is vinyl chloride, and why is it dangerous? The Norfolk Southern Railway freight train derailed Friday, Feb. 3, igniting an inferno that burned for days, CNN reported.