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BF Goodrich Plant
Louisville, Kentucky
1926 BF Goodrich Starts Production of
Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM)
Invented by Waldo Semon in 1926
at the BF Goodrich Plant
1926 BF Goodrich
accidentally
invented Vinyl
Chloride Monomer 1961 VCM=Chronic January 1968
(VCM) toxicity in animals death of 1st case
In 1978 type 3
From 1926 to 1974 (adenocarcinoma) and
occupational VCM type 4 (large-cell In 1979 20 workers
exposure died from undifferentiated) lung in a VCM plant
Brain, Lung, and cancers in cases diagnosed with
Pancreatic cancer occurring among plant pneumoconiosis in
onset later in life employees Italy
plastipedia
HIS Markit-handbook
Just Some Extra Information…..
• Early years effected the human body
• As years went by disease cases kept popping up from exposure before
the OSHA ppm changed
• Plants are still not following the EPA guidelines, and EPA is having a
hard time controlling safety. Fines are large, but cleanup is not being
done, its more expensive than the fines
• Multiple plants have closed because they cannot afford the fines and
clean up
• The following is just some extra information I felt very interesting,
plants start to explode, toxins are released into the environment
PVC Production Still Releases Deadly Chemicals into the Air
Every Year, Including VCM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db9491ys9A8
And It Goes ON………….
April 14, 2016, 24 killed and 88 injured at a PVC plant in Mexico. The
plant called Mexichem-Pemex is one of the world's largest
manufacturers of PVC pipe. It has operations in 30 countries and
employs 19,200 at 100 different sites.
Zero Hedge News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOIzrTjqndo
Our Materialistic Needs are Destroying
the Environment and Human Lives
November 28, 2018 a PVC plant Zhangjiakou China, exploded killing 23 and injuring
more than 20. Explosion was caused by a leak of VCM-Vinyl Chloride Monomer.