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The study examined shower curtains purchased in the U.S. from Bed Bath and Beyond, Kmart, Sears, Target and Wal-Mart stores — but most major Canadian retailers carry some variety of vinyl shower curtain. A spokeswoman for Bed Bath and Beyond in Canada says the retailer is aware of the study’s findings and is moving away from PVC curtains.
Environmental Defence and the Canadian Environmental Law Association released the study in Canada and are calling on Ottawa to ban PVC curtains and force manufacturers and retailers to instead sell cotton
ones.
So my question is, what about all the plumbing currently installed that uses PVC? This just in: Your styrofoam coffee cup is just as bad, so I guess that has to include those food containers, CRIPES!
Maybe garden sprinkler systems use PVC… but not inside the home I think.
There’s a protective layer of bacteria covering my shower curtain, which blocks the effects of the PVC.
My wife would kill me if I didn’t use a shower curtain…
I think PVC in the house was/is mostly used for sewage.
Instead of just banning everything that turns out to not be completely safe (as if anything ever could be) people need to just accept that everything comes with some level of reasonable risk that they need to weigh when making their decisions.
The plumbing in my house is all PVC, I assure you.
#5, funny, mine are copper.
#6. Its a West Indies thing.
#7, well, enjoy drinking your poison water then. 😀
Uh, Fuck You Very Much. At least the view is good. Now can you recommend a competent attorney….I need to sue someone?
In the states pressurized plumbing is CPVC not PVC. CPVC is a creamy or off-white color and PVC is white. PVC does not hold up to hot water and pressure. It can expand and crack if exposed to enough heat and pressure. I have often noticed the smell of PVC curtains just after purchase. I guess that’s out-gassing. I bet it doesn’t last the entire life of the product.
#10: you’re right. That PVC curtain smell is a plasticizer, and it doesn’t last long at all, maybe a week or so.
Note that the study talks about substances that MIGHT be released during the first 28 days when the PVC curtain is still fresh out of the bag. Secondly, even during that period, the water stream during use would tend to wash anything out of the air while you’re in the shower. Even those completely familiar with the study in detail call it alarmist (BS).
Could they be from CHINA ?
We’re all gonna die…
Almost all the new water mains are plastic. this has been true for at least 15 years. It adapts to exstremes is ground temps better then the old ductile. Calseum and iron do not build up in it either.
I don’t know if vinyl shower curtains are harmful but they do usually smell terrible. I now use a fabric and net hookless shower curtain. Have had it almost a year and it’s great.