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I don't know. I think that may have other issues with the additives to make it flexible, but that's outside my knowledge. The East Palestine train wreck recen
by elihu 3y ago
I don't know. I think that may have other issues with the additives to make it flexible, but that's outside my knowledge.
The East Palestine train wreck recently was carrying a big load of vinyl chloride among other things.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Ohio_train_derailment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Ohio_train_derailment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinyl_chloride https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinyl_chloride
Maybe other plastics are just as bad, but it seems like not making stuff out of vinyl chloride if we can possibly help it might be a good move generally.
- Metacelsus 3y agoVinyl chloride (the monomer) is very different chemically from polyvinyl chloride.
- elihu 3y agoIt's apparently mostly used to make PVC though: > "This colorless compound is an important industrial chemical chiefly used to produce the polymer, poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC)"