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Material:
Drain-waste-vent pip - Rigid PVC
Functional Units:
1 foot of 3" ID pipe with 50 years service life
LCA Stage:
Use
Impact Category:
Ecotoxicity
Impact Units:
grams 2,4-D equivalent
Sources:
Note:
This list doesn't include 'Inactive' sources.
Source
Life Cycle Assessment of Polyvinyl Chloride and Alternatives: Summary Report
No
No
No
The relative contribution of wood and poly(vinyl chloride) to emissions of PCDD and PCDF from house fires.
No
No
No
Life Cycle Assessment of Polyvinyl Chloride and Alternatives:Summary Report for Consultation
No
No
No
UK Response to the European Commission's Green Paper on environmental issues of PVC
No
No
No
LCA of PVC.
No
No
No
Life Cycle Assessment of PVC and Alternative Materials, an overview
No
No
No
Dioxin From Cradle to Grave - Recommendations
Yes
No
No
Plastics streams in Germany—an analysis of production, consumption and waste generation
No
No
No
Uncertainty in Life Cycle Impact Assessment of Toxic Releases Impact Assessment of Toxic Releases in a Substance Flow Analysis for PVC in Sweden
No
No
No
Life cycle assessments of PVC products :green guides to ecological sustainability /
No
No
No
PVC :a primary contributor to the U.S. dioxin burden
No
No
No
PVC and the environment.
No
No
No
PVC in perspective :the facts.
Yes
No
No
Effect of copper chloride on the emissions of PCDD/Fs and PAHs from PVC combustion
No
No
No
Vinyl chloride
No
No
No
Charles River Associates report for the Chlorine
No
No
No
Effect of soalr radiation on the migration of vinyl chloride monomer from unplasticized pvc pipes
Yes
No
No
Effects of UV-radiation on themigration of vinyl chloride monomer from unplasticized PVC pipes
Yes
No
No
Life Cycle Assessment of PVC Products: A Green Guide to Ecological Sustainability
Yes
No
No
Effect of solar radiation on the migration of vinyl chloride monomer from unplasticized pvc pipes
Yes
No
No
Durability of polymeric pipes in contact with domestic products
Yes
No
No
Dimethyltin dichloride(DMDC) studies: A retrospective response
Yes
No
No
Effect of UV-radiation on the migration of vinyl chloride monomer from unplasticized PVC pipes
Yes
No
No
Methyltin Mercaptide stabilizers employed in polyvinyl chloride water pipe.
Yes
No
No
Leaching of Organotin Compounds from Poly(vinylchloride) (PVC) Material,
Yes
No
No
Organic and Organotin Compounds Leached from PVC and CPVC Pipe,
Yes
No
No
Impacts on the Environment From the Manufacture, Use and Disposal andSubstitution of PVC
Yes
No
No