Environmental Groups Release Report Aimed at Banning Vinyl Chloride

Accidents involving the toxic chemical vinyl chloride, which was spilled from a train wreck in the town of East Palestine, Ohio last year, have been occurring frequently over the past 14 years, according to a new report. The report was published by Earthjustice and the nonprofit Beyond Plastics on March 26 as part of efforts to push the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to consider banning the chemical. Accidents involving vinyl chloride have averaged once every 5.3 days since 2010, the report says. They are a “feature rather than an anomaly for the vinyl chloride industry,” the groups say. In total since 2010, at least 966 chemical incident reports have been filed involving vinyl chloride, according to the report....