What common products are made using PVC?
While the vast majority of PVC in the U.S. is used in the construction industry—building materials such as piping, siding, flooring, roofing—we’ve focused our campaign on common consumer products such as toys, baby products, packaging, food wrap, clothing, etc., because they are products people are most familiar with. In addition, these short-lived, consumer products account for more than 70 percent of PVC disposed of as solid waste, ending up in dioxin-forming incinerators and leaking landfills. What impact does PVC have on human health? Chemicals released during PVC’s lifecycle can cause cancer, endocrine disruption, endometriosis, neurological damage, birth defects and impaired child development, reproductive and immune system damage, and more. These chemicals, including mercury, dioxins and phthalates, aren’t just released into the air, they are entering our bodies. Do you know that new shower curtain smell? That’s actually the smell of toxic chemicals off-gassing. The EPA did a st
