Vinyl Chloride Dangers
Vinyl chloride (VC) is an important industrial chemical used in production of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Vinyl chloride is a highly toxic gas with a sweet odor. Vinyl chloride is hazardous and is known to cause angiosarcoma of the liver, liver cancer, angiosarcoma of the brain, brain tumors, hepatic neoplasms, hemangiopericytoma, Raynaud's syndrome, and acroosteolysis.
Vinyl chloride is not a final product due to its unstable and toxic properties. Vinyl chloride gas or liquid is converted from a monomer to a polymer PVC in either a flake or pellet form. Each year, tens of billions of pounds of PVC pellets or flakes are sold each year to make hundreds or stable and non-toxic products. Vinyl chloride is also known as chloroethene, chloroethylene, 1-chloroethylene, ethylene monochloride, monochloroethylene, monovinyl chloride, MVC, VC, VCM, and vinyl chloride monomer.
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Vinyl Chloride Toxic Exposures
Each year 10,000's of workers are exposed to vinyl chloride in the form or gas and liquid. Workers in the plastics and PVC resin industry along with workers in the chemical transportation industry including truck drivers, truck terminal and railroad train yard employees,dock workers and maritime workers often get exposed to high levels of vinyl chloride from leaking tanks and spillage while transporting VC.
Workers that clean tankers and barges may also be exposed to high levels of the product causing them to have serious health effects. Until 1974 thousands of beauticians and workers in beauty shops, hair salons and barber shops sustained high levels vinyl chloride exposure from the use of hair spray. The vinyl chloride was used as a propellant in aerosol hair spray until it was withdrawn and recalled from the shelves. The amount of vinyl chloride gas in the hairspray exceeded established safe levels due to the accumulation of the expelled gases from constant use of hair sprays by the beauticians and hair stylists.
Vinyl Chloride Angiosarcoma Lawsuit - Talk to a Lawyer
If you or a family member have been diagnosed with angiosarcoma of the liver, angiosarcoma of the brain, liver cancer brain cancer or any other serious injury from vinyl chloride exposure, then call the Willis Law Firm in Houston, Texas to discuss the legal options available to you and your family. Call toll free 1-800-883-9858 to talk to a Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Lawyer. All cases accepted on a contingency fee basis! Call us if we can assist you.
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