Research Report
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Toxic Cargo: How rail transport of vinyl chloride puts millions at risk, an analysis one year after the Ohio train derailment
Credits
Authors: Toxic-Free Future and Material Research
Data Analysis and Mapping: The investigation was based on data analysis by the team at Material Research. Maps were created by Selena Sillari of Material Research and further designed by Winking Fish.
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- I.Key findings
- II.PVC: The poison plastic
- III.How much vinyl chloride is shipped from OxyVinyls around the U.S. every year?
- IV.Maps: the toxic vinyl chloride train route from Texas to New Jersey
- V.Recent vinyl chloride train disasters
- VI.From rail cars to The Home Depot
- VII.Where does it all start? Fracking and vinyl chloride production in Texas
- VIII.Recommendations
- IX.Credits
- X.References
- XI.Methodology