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fun fact: vinyl chloride, the monomer that the popular polymer polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is made from, is actually horrendously toxic, carcinogenic, ozone-depleting, and a fire hazard

kind of amazing how something as dangerous as that gets made into something as safe and everyday as PVC
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@Felthry

A TON of melted plastics used in modern injection molding are like one molecule away from producing mustard gas.

@JulieSqveakaroo yeah just look at what teflon does if you burn it
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