From: Ernie (ernestly_at_addr.com)
Date: 12/14/02
Message-ID: <3DFB4A78.1030008@addr.com> Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 09:12:56 -0600 From: Ernie <ernestly_at_addr.com> Subject: Re: Simplicity domes, and a question about PVC...
http://www.things.org/~jym/greenpeace/pvc-free-xmas.html
a "greenpeace pvc" search turned up interesting items. I think it was
there I read about the details of pvc hazards, how Volkswagen does not
use any pvc in cars production; and Bill Moyers pbs show on industrial
chemicals was good, workers effects from being around pvc production for
years, governmnet and industry cover up.
http://archive.greenpeace.org/~toxics/pvcdatabase/
Ernie
The Butterfly wrote:
> I've been researching PVC for my ball-and-socket hub design, and as
>soon as I raise some money for the prototyping, I plan to give it a go and
>try to produce kits. But I also just finished reading "Cradle to Cradle"
>recently (a fantastic book, and I recommend it to everyone on this list!)
>by William McDonough and Michael Braungart and they have lots of bad (yet
>vague) things to say about PVC and basically think it should be phased out
>and not used at all.
> This I find a bit confusing, and would like to know more about why
>it's so bad. I don't *need* to use it for my dome greenhouse kits, and only
>selected it because it was cheap and available locally in many places. But
>if it poses an environmental threat, I'd rather go with something safer.
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> Does anyone have more info on the perils of PVC? Suggestions for
>other things? I'll also do some digging in the chemical libraries, but
>thought I'd check the collective knowledge-base.
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>> Even if you don't have anything now, if you spot something later
>>that might be useful, please send it my way. I hope to have several
>>pages of credits in the appendix!
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>>Thanks - Dan G.
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> Just start assembling info in the wiki, and it will start to take
>shape. Later on, if you want to work on print-publication, we can extract
>the info for typesetting, etc. (If I'm misunderstanding and you don't want
>to web-publish at all, please correct me. This is an old thread...)
> It's just that wiki is one of the best tools I've seen for
>group-collaboration, and can produce quality results if people only use it.
>(That's the tricky part...getting people to try it.)
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