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Table 1 Provisional list of chemicals [CAS number] used in the production of VC and PVC and related products

From: Reanalysis of updated mortality among vinyl and polyvinyl chloride workers: Confirmation of historical evidence and new findings

Acetates

Alcohol

Sodium hydroxide [1310-73-2]

Phosgene [75-44-5]

Acetylene [74-86-2]

Chlorofluoromethane [593-70-4]

Sulphates [EDF-078]

Plasticizers

Acetone cyanhydrin [75-86-5]

Ammonia [7664-41-7]

Ethylene [74-85-1]

Stabilizers

Acids:

Asbestos [1332-21-4]

Hexane [110-54-3]

Tedimon 31 [9016-87-9]

   acetic [64-19-7]

Caprolactam [105-60-2]

Dichloroethane [1300-21-6]

Terephthalates

   hydrocyanic [74-90-8]

Chlorine [7782-50-5]

Diphenylmethane diisocyanate

Vinyl chloride [75-01-4]

   hydrochloric [7647-01-0]

Dioxide

[101-68-8]

Polyvinyl chloride [9002-86-2]:

   fluorhydric [7664-39-3]

Fluorides [16984-48-8]

Tetrachloroethane [79-34-5]

Granules, compound, suspension, copolymers, emulsion.

   nitric [7697-37-2]

Hydramine

Tetrachloroethylene [127-18-4]

 

   sulphuric [7664-93-9]

Hydrogen [1333-74-0]

Trichloroethylene [79-01-6]

 

   hypochlorous [7790-92-3]

Sodium cyanide [143-33-9]

Toluene diisocyanate [26471-62-5]

 

Acrylonitrile [107-13-1]

Potassium cyanide [151-50-8]

Petrol