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1 20-22 Patrick Moore Alternative Materials: I am not aware of any good substitutes for vinyl piping. Copper is toxic,...
1 27-30 Patrick Moore Recycling: In the USA, incinerators are highly regulated, and are designed to operate at high te...
1 32-35 Patrick Moore Health Care: Vinyl plays a key role in the construction of health care facilities. Vinyl’s ease ...
1 23-25 Tom Tevlin Durability: In both residential and commercial construction, vinyl’s durability makes it an exce...
1 25-29 Tom Tevlin Recycling: All vinyl products can be recycled and made into new products. In 1997 alone, more th...
1 34-39 Tom Tevlin Adaptability: Today’s homes and businesses successfully incorporate the durability of vinyl and ...
6 1-42 Laura Millberg Last year, I fully supported the concept of an integrated methodology that included adherence to ...
7 5-24 Laura Millberg What happens to LEED’s role in market transformation if it stays stuck in a neutral position, bas...
8 32-36 Laura Millberg Claiming that it is not important what material a window frame is made from because the energy ef...
9 26-36 Laura Millberg For the existing data that identifies hazards, the report obscures rather than illuminates the in...
9 40-41 Laura Millberg The report states that most parishes in Louisiana have liver cancer incidence rates below the sta...
9 38-40 Laura Millberg This statement also is significant, because it indicates that residents of Louisiana have less ac...
10 4-6 Laura Millberg The report states that studies show no impact on infants exposed to DEHP. That is correct, becaus...
10 15-16 Laura Millberg The report states that firefighters with “proper protective equipment” will not be adversely affe...
10 22-27 Laura Millberg The statement that “the available evidence does not support a conclusion that PVC is consistently...
Eric Ridenour A green building program seeking leadership status should take a zero tolerance approach to the m...
5 13+ Eric Ridenour In scoping the report’s task, many parties advised the use of the precautionary principle. The D...
19+ Eric Ridenour The linkage of LCA and Risk Assessment is innovative and may have long term merit, but ought to b...
23 14+ Eric Ridenour The weighting of factors should be made more transparent. It appears from the outcome of the st...
Eric Ridenour The analysis of this Draft submitted by the Healthy Building Network is both compelling and thoro...
Mary O’Brien The narrow risk assessment performed by the TSAC PVC Task Group in its Assessment of Technical Ba...
Judith Helfand Date: February 15, 2005 TO: USGBC’s PVC Technical Science Advisory Committee Group From: Ju...
Dan Magers President Thank you for the opportunity to comment on your draft report regarding PVC. It is rather humorou...
Carl Johnson This is to comment on USGBC's Technical and Scientific Advisory Committee PVC Task Group...
Deborah Wallace The TSAC report uses only two databases, a medical one and an environmental one. Neither of these...
Richard Walker American Architectural Manufacturers Association Thank you for the opportunity to comment. We understand the enormous challenges before you and a...
Richard Becker American Chemistry Council General Comments: Overall, the approach used to evaluate potential risks was science-based, tran...
24 35 Richard Becker American Chemistry Council The Cal-Tox model, which was used to derive population exposures, has been in use for more than 1...
31 20 Richard Becker American Chemistry Council The overall assessment is not an evaluation of the maximum likelihood of potential health risks. ...
Marian Stanley American Chemistry Council Phthalate Esters Panel The American Chemistry Council Phthalate Esters Panel (Panel) agrees with the conclusion of the T...
10 8 Marian Stanley American Chemistry Council Phthalate Esters Panel The draft document states, “In vitro studies show that DEHP is not estrogenic.” This is also dem...
10 11-13 Marian Stanley American Chemistry Council Phthalate Esters Panel The draft document states, “Additional data are needed before conclusions can be made regarding p...
30 17-27 Marian Stanley American Chemistry Council Phthalate Esters Panel The Panel agrees that di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) should not be considered as carcinogenic ...
88 30 Marian Stanley American Chemistry Council Phthalate Esters Panel The draft document states: “Phthalates, particularly di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, are used to make...
88 31-34 Marian Stanley American Chemistry Council Phthalate Esters Panel This sentence reads as though DEHP, DBP, DINP and butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP) are all used in fl...
88 34-36 Marian Stanley American Chemistry Council Phthalate Esters Panel Contrary to the assertion of the draft Task Group report, DEHP use in flooring is very limited, i...
90 43-44 Marian Stanley American Chemistry Council Phthalate Esters Panel The Panel agrees that the available data do not indicate that DEHP is estrogenic. In addition to...
93 26-43 Marian Stanley American Chemistry Council Phthalate Esters Panel Additional studies are available, which indicate it is highly unlikely that phthalates cause or e...
54 30-31 Mike Wallen American Maplan Corp I currently know of no manufacturers in the world using Barium Cadmium stabilizers in the manufac...
40 32-33 Mike Wallen American Maplan Corp There are three general types of PVC DWV in production in the USA: 1. Foamed (cellular core) whi...