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PVC: health implications and production trends.

Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) is a complex plastic system. Individual components of the PVC system, including residual vinyl chloride monomer (RVCM) and certain additives, may pose risks of harm to human health. There have been significant reductions in the RVCM content of PVC resin since 1974, reducin...

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Autor principal: Karstadt, M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 1976
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1475246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/799961
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description Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) is a complex plastic system. Individual components of the PVC system, including residual vinyl chloride monomer (RVCM) and certain additives, may pose risks of harm to human health. There have been significant reductions in the RVCM content of PVC resin since 1974, reducing the cancer risk of workers in PVC fabrication plants and consumers of PVC products. A "no-effect" level for vinyl chloride monomer (VCM)-induced carcinogenesis has not been found to date; therefore, the significance of human exposure to low levels of RVCM remains to be determined. Exposure to PVC dust may cause pulmonary dysfunctions. Pulmonary and other possible health effects of PVC dust require further study. The PVC plastics system should be characterized as to interactions among its various components and as to interactions of the components and the PVC system as a whole with biological systems.
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spelling pubmed-14752462006-06-09 PVC: health implications and production trends. Karstadt, M Environ Health Perspect Research Article Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) is a complex plastic system. Individual components of the PVC system, including residual vinyl chloride monomer (RVCM) and certain additives, may pose risks of harm to human health. There have been significant reductions in the RVCM content of PVC resin since 1974, reducing the cancer risk of workers in PVC fabrication plants and consumers of PVC products. A "no-effect" level for vinyl chloride monomer (VCM)-induced carcinogenesis has not been found to date; therefore, the significance of human exposure to low levels of RVCM remains to be determined. Exposure to PVC dust may cause pulmonary dysfunctions. Pulmonary and other possible health effects of PVC dust require further study. The PVC plastics system should be characterized as to interactions among its various components and as to interactions of the components and the PVC system as a whole with biological systems. 1976-10 /pmc/articles/PMC1475246/ /pubmed/799961 Text en
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PVC: health implications and production trends.
title PVC: health implications and production trends.
title_full PVC: health implications and production trends.
title_fullStr PVC: health implications and production trends.
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title_short PVC: health implications and production trends.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1475246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/799961
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