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Third Party Views of PVC
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Jonathon Porritt addressing the PVC 2002 Conference |
“PVC may or may not have a place in a genuinely sustainable future,…but exactly the same questions must be asked of all materials, be they man-made or natural, before leaping to what are often ill-judged and unscientific conclusions.” Jonathon Porritt, Chairman of Forum for the Future (and also Chairman of the UK Government’s Sustainability Commission) – in the introductory letter to ‘An Evaluation of PVC using the Natural Step Framework’ (September 2000) |
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John Emsley |
"As far as I am aware, no member of the public has ever been harmed by PVC, and many people owe their lives to it. It is time we learned to live in peace with a rather wonderful plastic." John Emsley, Science Writer in Residence, Department of Chemistry, Cambridge University - in a chapter on PVC in his book, 'The Consumer's Good Chemicals Guide' (1994) |
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An Environmental Guideline Report published by the Dutch Foundation for Building Research (April 1996), and officially sponsored by the Dutch Ministry of Environment (VROM), lists PVC as an environmentally preferred material for almost all applications in housing construction – based on a briefing from the Dutch PVC Information Centre (April 1996) |
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"..none of the evidence reviewed provides an overriding scientific reason for the PVC Retailers’ Group to immediately abandon the use of PVC in either food packaging or building/insulation materials..[provided that] the Retailers’ Group is able to satisfy itself that the PVC it purchases is responsibly manufactured, used and disposed of…" – National Centre for Business and Sustainability (NCBS) (June 1997) in Barton et al, ‘PVC in packaging and construction materials – an assessment of their impact on human health and environment’ carried out on behalf of a group of UK retailers |
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"..the balance of evidence suggests that there is no alternative material to PVC in its major product applications that has less overall effect on the environment." - Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1996 and 1998) in ‘The environmental aspects of the use of PVC in building products’, CSIRO Molecular Science, 1998 (Second edition) |
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John Battle MP |
"..concerning PVC and the chlorine based industry in general, Ministers have made clear that independent evidence, such as that from Professor Rappe, the Independent Scientific Advisor to the EU and the World Health Organisation, demonstrates that PVC is a safe material in use and emissions from its manufacture and disposal are controlled by the Environment Agency." – John Battle MP, Minister of State for Science, Energy and Industry in the UK Government, as stated in a letter to the BPF from the Minister (October 1997) |
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