Now there s one more strike against it.
Can vinyl cause cancer.
Both dinp and dehp have been found to adversely impact human health and have been added to the californian proposition 65 list of chemicals known to the state of california to cause cancer.
Vinyl s other major chemical components edc and vcm have been shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals.
The production of vinyl has poisoned and contaminated workers and fenceline communities in places like cancer alley louisiana and texas.
I won t bore you with all the legal details because of course there is a lawsuit.
Besides bbp vinyl flooring also contains dioxins which are known to be carcinogenic.
Nothing else happened right then and there but i heard vinyl siding can cause cancer though i dunno how that all happens.
Because the community is isolated the common factor that seems to be causing the cancer is a vinyl food wrap factory near the town.
A vinyl chemical called diisononyl phthalate dinp the chemical used to keep pvc flexible and pliable think shower curtains and garden hoses has just been dubbed a carcinogen by the california environmental protection agency s office of environmental health hazard assessment.
Since the 1930 s people have known about the severe damage the chemical could cause to peoples livers.
When its entire life cycle is considered vinyl appears to be associated with more dioxin formation than any other single product.
In case it matters the color.
How can exposures be reduced.
Another study done in 1970 reported that test animals exposed to 30 000 ppm of vinyl chloride developed cancerous.
Should i be alarmed.
Vcm is classified as a known human carcinogen and edc is a probable human carcinogen.
Therefore to reduce cost many vinyl gloves contain the phthalate plasticizers dinp diisononyl phthalate and dehp di 2 ethylhexyl phthalate.
Phthalates found in vinyl shower curtains synthetitc leather wallpaper and anything made from pvc vinyl are thought to cause cancer and may also affect human reproduction which makes it.
But there s an alternative.
Vinyl chloride exposure is associated with an increased risk of a rare form of liver cancer hepatic angiosarcoma as well as brain and lung cancers lymphoma and leukemia.
Am i gonna get cancer.
