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The European Commission continues to study PVC and will likely recommend separation from the waste stream, under WEEE, at some time in the future.
It seems equally likely that PVC will ultimately join PBB and PBDE on the RoHS hit list.
PVC Wire has many sins.
Production of the essential chlorine still yields thousands of pounds of mercury pollution every year.
The vinyl chloride monomer is unalterably toxic and carcinogenic.
People living near vinyl chloride plants endure much higher rates of otherwise rare cancers than the rest of us.
Plant workers are even more adversely affected.
Lead compounds are still used as stabilisers, and cadmium compounds are used as pigments.
Both stabilisers and pigments readily leach out of finished PVC products because they reside rather loosely between PVC molecules.
Toxins such as dioxins and furans are created both during production of PVC and during burning or incineration.
And where is PVC Wire used? Nearly everywhere.
In electronics, it may be used for case parts or packing material.
It is a common insulator for wires.
Electrolytic capacitor sleeves are often made from it.
PVC Wire insulation is one of the major remaining uses for lead stabilisers.
The abandonment of PVC Wire is starting slowly.
The first to switch are Japanese companies adhering to JGPSSI.
Panasonic is now producing electrolytic capacitors with polyethylene sleeves instead of PVC.
Nippon Chemicon is doing the same.
Other Japanese companies are close behind.
Many Japanese OEMs are requiring suppliers to report the full material content of suspicious materials, notably PVC.
This is the first step toward rejecting parts and demanding PVC-free components.
The European Commission has an active study of PVC underway.
This is a continuation of the earlier efforts that lead up to the RoHS and WEEE directives.
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