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Vinyl chloride degrades in air 99% in 100 days and doesn't bio-accumulate. It'll be a source of 14-CO2 for about a year, tops.
by shadowgovt 4y ago
Vinyl chloride degrades in air 99% in 100 days and doesn't bio-accumulate.
It'll be a source of 14-CO2 for about a year, tops.
- kurthr 4y agoIt's the stuff that's subsurface (ground water?) that'll last. Agree, that if it's exposed to air and sunlight it won't last long... too reactive.
- shadowgovt 4y agoIt doesn't appear vinyl chloride wants to stay in water, based on the numbers I'm seeing (https://semspub.epa.gov/work/05/437069.pdf https://semspub.epa.gov/work/05/437069.pdf). The instances of vinyl chloride contamination tend to be from an actively-producing source, like a plant with a leak. Spilled on the ground and absorbed into water, it should evaporate into gaseous form in a matter of hours.