They are durable, cheap and everyday life is now hardly imaginable without them: plastics. More then 400 million metric tons ...

Polyvinyl chloride is common, useful, and notoriously awkward to recycle because its chemistry differs from that of simpler ...

Researchers have discovered a way to turn notoriously difficult-to-recycle PVC plastic into a key ingredient used in high-performance lubricants such as engine oil. The technique could give mountains ...

More than three years later, we're beginning to learn about the health impacts of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, with studies confirming people were in fact exposed to ...

On the cusp of the 250th anniversary of its founding, the United States of America is at a crossroads. For those invested in the history of our nation, it’s clear this isn’t the first time the country ...

Turning a tortilla into a working vinyl record: DIY sound experiment Watch a creative experiment where a tortilla is transformed into a functioning vinyl-style record. This video explores sound ...

A stack of long, thin, white polyvinyl chloride pipes Shintech is a major US producer of polyvinyl chloride, used to make pipe (shown) for home construction. Credit: Shutterstock Betting on a recovery ...

Three years ago, East Palestine, Ohio, became a national focal point of what can happen when an industrial disaster collides with uncertainty about public health. For families here, anxiety lingers.

Mendel’s monastery garden experiments went largely unnoticed during his life, but their implications would ripple through science decades later. Gregor Mendel, Austrian botanist and founder of ...

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the draft scope document for the risk evaluation for vinyl chloride under the Toxic Substances Control ...