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Another example of people not taking into account the full life cycle of the products they purchase. Vinyl chloride was one of the main toxic chemicals dumped in this derailment and it is used to make PVC. You might want to think twice about using vinyl siding, windows, flooring, etc..

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Let me rephrase that: "A toxic cloud was leaked, for all we know caused by subpar safety standards on the other side of the globe, which involved the same chemical that was used to produce my PVC flooring."

Based on this reasoning, which flooring (or other construction materials) are acceptable?

There is huge swath of flooring available that isn't produced from toxic ingredients from wood to linoleum. Most people just don't bother to look.

I'm assuming you want to go back to lead pipes?

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