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How to ‘Make Some Good’ Out of East Palestine, Ohio, Rail Disaster? Ban Vinyl Chloride, Former EPA Official Says

Inside Climate News · By James Bruggers · last updated
The Feb. 3 derailment, spill and conflagration has focused attention on the key ingredient in PVC, a long fought-over plastic with a variety of health and safety concerns throughout its lifecycle.

By James Bruggers

Outrage over last month’s Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, continued this week as former regional Environmental Protection Agency administrator Judith Enck called on the agency to ban vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical at the center of the disaster.

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