Comments on: PVC Items In Your Every-Day Life

By: Joblo

Joblo — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 03:55:52 +0000

OK… PVC is really bad for the environment… But, it’s out there, it isn’t expensive and it isn’t hard to get… Even if you tell people it’s bad, they’ll keep using it… It’s like telling someone to stop going to Mcdonald’s because it’s REALLY bad for you… The person will keep going because it’s out there, it isn’t expensive and it VERY accessible…

By: wendy schumacher

wendy schumacher — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:03:14 +0000

I am an lpn out of work with severe irritant contact dermatitis due to the medical disposable gloves. They are all made with pvc.

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Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:27:12 +0000

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By: Kristina

Kristina — Fri, 28 May 2010 19:46:21 +0000

RED VINES- the tub is made of PVC! I will never buy it again, and I will make sure the company is aware of that. We should all be writing these companies saying you will not support them until they change the way their products are made!

By: Gwen

Gwen — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:03:14 +0000

One product not on your list is the coverings that you see so many parents using on their strollers to protect their baby from the rain. These coverings are made from PVC. I recently sourced an amazing PVC free cover for strollers (which was really difficult!), but unfortunately this company is new and has not taken on the Canadian market yet (they are in the US). I am on their waiting list though because this is something that I realy want to make available to us Canadian moms.

By: ALex

ALex — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:04:23 +0000

It totally amazes me that we are using PVC piping for anything- We use it to deliver our water- and to take water away- thus poisoning all the water.

By: George

George — Sun, 17 May 2009 07:01:12 +0000

Here’s an ironic use of PVC. When you drive by a decommissioned gas station, you see a bunch of white PVC pipes sticking out of the ground. These are monitoring wells to track the spread of gasoline that has leaked from the tank.

The irony is that these pipes are placed there by environmental professionals who are fully aware of the toxicity of PVC. Unfortunately, there isn’t a cost-effective alternative for this purpose.

However, the toxicity from these pipes is considerably less than from the gasoline or other pollutants they are put there to monitor.