Besides bbp vinyl flooring also contains dioxins which are known to be carcinogenic.
Can vinyl cause cancer.
A vinyl chemical called diisononyl phthalate dinp the chemical used to keep pvc flexible and pliable think shower curtains and garden hoses has just been dubbed a carcinogen by the california environmental protection agency s office of environmental health hazard assessment.
Vinyl s other major chemical components edc and vcm have been shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals.
Vcm is classified as a known human carcinogen and edc is a probable human carcinogen.
How can exposures be reduced.
Should i be alarmed.
It is believed that vinyl chloride found its way from the plant to the wells where the residents get their water.
Since the 1930 s people have known about the severe damage the chemical could cause to peoples livers.
I won t bore you with all the legal details because of course there is a lawsuit.
Am i gonna get cancer.
Both dinp and dehp have been found to adversely impact human health and have been added to the californian proposition 65 list of chemicals known to the state of california to cause cancer.
Nothing else happened right then and there but i heard vinyl siding can cause cancer though i dunno how that all happens.
Now there s one more strike against it.
The production of vinyl has poisoned and contaminated workers and fenceline communities in places like cancer alley louisiana and texas.
During its lifecycle from production to use to disposal vinyl releases some of the most toxic chemicals on the planet that have been linked to cancer birth defects and other serious chronic diseases.
Because the community is isolated the common factor that seems to be causing the cancer is a vinyl food wrap factory near the town.
In case it matters the color.
Phthalates found in vinyl shower curtains synthetitc leather wallpaper and anything made from pvc vinyl are thought to cause cancer and may also affect human reproduction which makes it.
Therefore to reduce cost many vinyl gloves contain the phthalate plasticizers dinp diisononyl phthalate and dehp di 2 ethylhexyl phthalate.
Another study done in 1970 reported that test animals exposed to 30 000 ppm of vinyl chloride developed cancerous.
When its entire life cycle is considered vinyl appears to be associated with more dioxin formation than any other single product.
