vinyl chloride
noun
: a flammable gaseous carcinogenic compound C2H3Cl that is used especially to make vinyl resins
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The officials who made the decision to release the vinyl chloride — Ohio's governor and the local fire chief leading the response — decided that releasing and burning it was safer than risking a tank car or more exploding.
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Josh Funk, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
The officials who made the decision to release the vinyl chloride — Ohio’s governor and the local fire chief leading the response — decided that releasing and burning it was safer than risking a tank car or more exploding.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
About 100 homes with detections of VOCs also had additional sampling but only for vinyl chloride or one of its breakdown products, hydrogen chloride.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said recently that her agency’s investigation showed that the vent and burn of the vinyl chloride was unnecessary because the company that produced that chemical was sure no dangerous chemical reaction was happening inside the tank cars.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
The railroad had argued that companies like Oxy Vinyls that made the vinyl chloride and rail car owner GATX should share the responsibility for the damage.
—Josh Funk, The Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2024
The chemicals included vinyl chloride, butyl acrylate, ethylhexyl acrylate, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether and isobutylene.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2024
Previous air monitoring, between 2011-17, also indicated elevated risks of cancer and other health hazards, largely due to ethylene dichloride and the related chemical vinyl chloride.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 25 Jan. 2024
The derailment and subsequent burn of thousands of pounds of vinyl chloride happened almost directly behind the Ceramfab building.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
Josh Funk, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
The officials who made the decision to release the vinyl chloride — Ohio’s governor and the local fire chief leading the response — decided that releasing and burning it was safer than risking a tank car or more exploding.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
About 100 homes with detections of VOCs also had additional sampling but only for vinyl chloride or one of its breakdown products, hydrogen chloride.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said recently that her agency’s investigation showed that the vent and burn of the vinyl chloride was unnecessary because the company that produced that chemical was sure no dangerous chemical reaction was happening inside the tank cars.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
The railroad had argued that companies like Oxy Vinyls that made the vinyl chloride and rail car owner GATX should share the responsibility for the damage.
—Josh Funk, The Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2024
The chemicals included vinyl chloride, butyl acrylate, ethylhexyl acrylate, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether and isobutylene.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2024
Previous air monitoring, between 2011-17, also indicated elevated risks of cancer and other health hazards, largely due to ethylene dichloride and the related chemical vinyl chloride.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 25 Jan. 2024
The derailment and subsequent burn of thousands of pounds of vinyl chloride happened almost directly behind the Ceramfab building.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
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“Vinyl chloride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vinyl%20chloride. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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