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The cancer-causing chemical vinyl chloride, used to make PVC, was vented and burned to avoid an explosion. The United States should phase it out.
Events in East Palestine are a stark reminder that plastic is destroying the planet. From its production to its use to its disposal, the stuff is a poison.
Like most adults who have been lead poisoned, I didn’t notice any symptoms. I was flagged by my ...
The lead water crisis facing Chicago and many other US cities today has roots in a nearly century-old campaign to boost the lead industry’s sales
<p>The lead industry's trade association encouraged the public to think of lead poisoning as a problem affecting the urban poor as a strategy to stop regulation of their hazardous product, argues historian Gerald Markowitz. </p>