<< Isn't vinyl chloride the "new car" smell? Seems to me you used to be
able to buy it in cans (ie essence of VC) to spray in your car
and keep it smelling new!>>
Yes! According to the USEPA, air inside new cars may contain vinyl
chloride at higher levels thandetected in ambient air because ''vinyl
chloride may out gas into the air from the new plastic parts.''
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/uatw/hlthef/vinylchl.html
The Hazardous Substance Fact Sheet at the New Jersey Department of
Health and Human Services,
<http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/rtkweb/2001.pdf>, says vinyl chloride
has a sweet odor and is used to make plastics, adhesives and other
chemicals. ''Most of the vinyl chloride produced in the United States is
used to make polyvinyl chloride, a material used to manufacture a
variety of plastic and vinyl products. Smaller amounts of vinyl chloride
are used as a refrigerant gas and in the manufacture of other chemicals,
according to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
(ATSDR). Toxicological Profile
for Vinyl Chloride.
The Illinois Health Department says: one can be exposed through
contaminated drinking water (vinyl chloride makes up the pipes that
bring water into our homes), but most people are exposed by contaminated
air. ''If your water supply is contaminated, showering, bathing,
cooking, or laundering with the water can release vinyl chloride into
the air where you can breathe it.''
http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/factsheets/vinyl-chloride.htm
Polyvinyl chloride makes up a great deal of my Saturn, inside and
probably out. I have to park in the shade and keep the windows
partially open, otherwise I experience headache, fatigue, dizziness,
lightheadedness, and loss of memory -- all central nervous system
symptoms, which coincidentally are also experienced when people and
other animals are exposed to pesticides.
Bunny Snow
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