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How vinyl chloride, chemical released in the Ohio train derailment, can damage the liver – it’s used to make PVC plastics

  • Written by Juliane I. Beier, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Pittsburgh
How vinyl chloride, chemical released in the Ohio train derailment, can damage the liver – it’s used to make PVC plasticsAn illustration of a human liver with cirrhosis. Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library

Vinyl chloride – the chemical in several of the train cars that derailed and burned in East Palestine, Ohio, in February 2023 – can wreak havoc on the human liver.

It has been shown to cause liver cancer, as well as a nonmalignant liver disease known as TA...

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