vinyl chloride
noun
: a flammable gaseous carcinogenic compound C2H3Cl that is used especially to make vinyl resins
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The impetus for the Rail Safety Act comes from a 2023 derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying vinyl chloride derailed near East Palestine, Ohio.
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Michael F. Gorman, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
Around 5 feet underground, a soil probe detected the highest reading of vinyl chloride — just one of the several carcinogens at the site — more than 1.3 million times higher than the state benchmark.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Controversy erupted in February 2023 as Wayne Disposal was accepting trucked-in hazardous vinyl chloride waste from a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 29 Jan. 2026
That included a Dow Chemical facility in Plaquemine, Louisiana, where levels of vinyl chloride, a dangerous carcinogen, were in reality 156 times higher than the EPA calculated based on the plant’s estimates.
—Lisa Song, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2025
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Michael F. Gorman, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
Around 5 feet underground, a soil probe detected the highest reading of vinyl chloride — just one of the several carcinogens at the site — more than 1.3 million times higher than the state benchmark.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Controversy erupted in February 2023 as Wayne Disposal was accepting trucked-in hazardous vinyl chloride waste from a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 29 Jan. 2026
That included a Dow Chemical facility in Plaquemine, Louisiana, where levels of vinyl chloride, a dangerous carcinogen, were in reality 156 times higher than the EPA calculated based on the plant’s estimates.
—Lisa Song, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Vinyl chloride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vinyl%20chloride. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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