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ethylene dichloride

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ethylene dichloride [′eth·ə·lēn dī′klȯr‚īd]
(organic chemistry)


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The assessment team estimated that about 2,314 tons of the solvent ethylene dichloride and more than 88 tons of metallic mercury leaked out of the petrochemical plant during the war.
The list included mercury, ethylene dichloride, vinyl chloride monomer, dioxins and PCBs.
One of the reasons that PVC is bad for people and the environment is that two of the chlorine-based chemicals involved in PVC production, ethylene dichloride and vinyl chloride monomer, are hazardous in and of themselves.
 
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