ToxFAQs™ for vinyl chloride : CAS# 75-01-4

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• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
• Description:
  This fact sheet answers the most frequently asked health questions about vinyl chloride. For more information, you may call the ATSDR Information Center at 1-888-422-8737. This fact sheet is one in a series of summaries about hazardous substances and their health effects. This information is important because this substance may harm you. The effects of exposure to any hazardous substance depend on the dose, the duration, how you are exposed, personal traits and habits, and whether other chemicals are present.
  
  HIGHLIGHTS: Exposure to vinyl chloride occurs mainly in the workplace. Breathing high levels of vinyl chloride for short periods of time can cause dizziness, sleepiness, unconsciousness, and at extremely high levels can cause death. Breathing vinyl chloride for long periods of time can result in permanent liver damage, immune reactions, nerve damage, and liver cancer. This substance has been found in at least 616 of the 1,647 National Priority List sites identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Vinyl Chloride/toxicity
• Series:
  ToxFAQs
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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