Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)

General Info

• Center for Health, Environment and Justice: PVC: The Poison Plastic — The Campaign for Safe, Healthy Consumer Products
• Clean Production Action: PVC Information
• Health Care Without Harm: Medical use of PVC and DEHP
• Grassroots Recycling Network: What’s so bad about PVC recycling?
• Healthy Building Network: PVC Plastic
• Healthy Child, Healthy World: PVC Info Resources
• Ecology Center: Plastic Film Can Leach Additives
• Consumers Union: Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Plastic Wraps
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• Greenpeace: PVC – The Poison Plastic –>
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• Greenpeace: Toxics Page / PVC Campaign –>
• Mindfully.org: PVC page
• Mindfully.org: phthalates page
• Healthy Building Network: Sorting out the Vinyls – When is “Vinyl” not PVC?

Databases of Alternatives to PVC

• Healthy Building Network: PVC-Free Alternatives This list focuses on providers in the U.S., but shows that there is a wide array of non-PVC materials (including flooring).

• PVCInformation.org: PVC Products and non-PVC alternatives
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• Greenpeace: PVC Alternatives Database (construction products)
  which lists two companies in Asia (although there must be many more!) Maybe it’s easier to start by looking for a material. –>

• Health Care Without Harm: PVC-Free Alternatives A list of PVC-free and/or DEHP-free alternatives for medical equipment.

Reports

• PVC, Bad News Comes In Threes: The Poison Plastic, Health Hazards & The Looming Waste Crisis
• Volatile Vinyl: The New Shower Curtain’s Chemical Smell report and related materials
• Links to Other Reports on the Hazards of PVC
• Plastics that May Be Harmful to Children and Reproductive Health
• Greenpeace Reports on PVC, Dioxin and Incineration
  • PVC-Free Future: A Review of Restrictions and PVC free Policies Worldwide (June 2003)
  • Chlorine, Combustion and Dioxins: Does Reducing Chlorine in Wastes Decrease Dioxin Formation in Waste Incinerators?
  • What’s wrong with PVC? (The science behind a phase-out of polyvinyl chloride plastics) (Oct 1997)
  • Taking back our stolen future — Hormone disruption and PVC plastic

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• MassPIRG: The Case Against PVC Packaging –>
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• E: Leaded with Danger (2nd item is update on lead and miniblinds) –>
• Institute for Local Self-Reliance: Toxic Plasicizers and biochemical alternatives
• Danish EPA: Phthalates and organic tin compounds in PVC products

Videos

• Sam Suds and the Case of PVC, the Poison Plastic (short flash cartoon video)
• Blue Vinyl – A toxic odyssey for the whole family. (movie documentary/comedy on the PVC industry and vinyl siding)

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