Comments 1-40 of 562.
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Alan Olson |
Ferro Corp., Cleveland, OH |
Ferro Corporation appreciates the opportunity to comment on the U.S. Green Building Council’s Dec... |
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15-21 |
Alan Olson |
Ferro Corp., Cleveland, OH |
First, our congratulations on a job well done. Your approach made the task of performing life cy... |
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20-42
1-39 |
Alan Olson |
Ferro Corp., Cleveland, OH |
We most certainly support your Conclusions and Recommendations on pages 10 and 11 of the report, ... |
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2-3 |
Alan Olson |
Ferro Corp., Cleveland, OH |
The draft report contains good summaries of the data that you reviewed, and these conclusions all... |
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59-77 |
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Alan Olson |
Ferro Corp., Cleveland, OH |
The use of normalization, both internally and externally, is one good way of presenting the data ... |
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Alan Olson |
Ferro Corp., Cleveland, OH |
Based upon current data, the 50 year lifetime for cork flooring may be open to debate. Fifty yea... |
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31-43 |
Alan Olson |
Ferro Corp., Cleveland, OH |
As pointed out in the Windows summary, energy efficiency is the overwhelming factor among aluminu... |
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1-13 |
Alan Olson |
Ferro Corp., Cleveland, OH |
Asthma has and will continue to be an important human health issue, along with mold and particula... |
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Alan Olson |
Ferro Corp., Cleveland, OH |
Regarding human health effects, we agree that extrapolating very high dose animal studies to huma... |
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1-4 |
Alan Olson |
Ferro Corp., Cleveland, OH |
The discussion of dioxin formation is very interesting since it puts backyard burning into perspe... |
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Table B |
Alan Olson |
Ferro Corp., Cleveland, OH |
In the U.S., PVC pipe is not stabilized with barium or cadmium heat stabilizers. Tin stabilizers... |
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Table B |
Alan Olson |
Ferro Corp., Cleveland, OH |
In the U.S., PVC siding is generally stabilized with tin compounds, not barium or cadmium. |
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Table B |
Alan Olson |
Ferro Corp., Cleveland, OH |
In the U.S., rigid PVC window profiles are generally stabilized with tin compounds, not barium or... |
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Table B |
Alan Olson |
Ferro Corp., Cleveland, OH |
In the U.S., vinyl flooring is generally stabilized with barium and zinc, and sometimes calcium, ... |
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Alexandra Gorman |
Women's Voices for the Earth |
To: The PVC Task Group
Technical Science Advisory Committee
US Green Building Counc... |
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Andrea Traber |
Northern California Chapter USGBC |
Dear USGBC,
This letter is submitted on behalf of the USGBC-Northern California Chapter (NCC) ... |
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Andrew Potts |
Cahill Associates, Inc. |
Not enough alternatives were analyzed for pipe materials. Two of the most common (especially for... |
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28-36 |
Andrew Potts |
Cahill Associates, Inc. |
Authors seemed to disregard relevant data. For example, they state that annual average concentra... |
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16-18 |
Andrew Potts |
Cahill Associates, Inc. |
The authors indicate that backyard burning may contribute significantly to dioxin concentrations ... |
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27-35 |
Andrew Potts |
Cahill Associates, Inc. |
Again, the authors seem to dismiss important studies. While acknowledging that there only a “few... |
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19-20 |
Andrew Potts |
Cahill Associates, Inc. |
The delivery distance for most materials was assumed to be 500 miles. This large distance automa... |
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Andrew Potts |
Cahill Associates, Inc. |
The report does not seem to address the potential market implications of LEED incorporating a PVC... |
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footnote |
Arjen, David Sevenster, Cadogan |
European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers, European Council for Plasticisers and Intermediates |
Reference is made to 2-methyl phthalate. This substance is not among the usual PVC plasticisers |
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1 |
Arjen, David Sevenster, Cadogan |
European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers, European Council for Plasticisers and Intermediates |
It is stated that the current US Reference Dose (RfD) (similar to Tolerable Daily Intake) for non... |
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Arjen, David Sevenster, Cadogan |
European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers, European Council for Plasticisers and Intermediates |
We would propose adding information on some other primate studies to give additional support to t... |
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8-10 |
Arjen, David Sevenster, Cadogan |
European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers, European Council for Plasticisers and Intermediates |
Only workers working in VCM plants should be assumed exposed to EDC. Workers in polymerization pl... |
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11-13 |
Arjen, David Sevenster, Cadogan |
European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers, European Council for Plasticisers and Intermediates |
The statement “Since the establishment of the OHSA PEL of 1 ppm VCM, however, no new cases of ang... |
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8-28 |
Arjen, David Sevenster, Cadogan |
European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers, European Council for Plasticisers and Intermediates |
Please consider attached document Morbidity_cancer_VCM.doc |
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31-34 |
Arjen, David Sevenster, Cadogan |
European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers, European Council for Plasticisers and Intermediates |
The statement - “DEHP is the most commonly used phthalate in vinyl flooring” may be true for the ... |
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3-17 |
Arjen, David Sevenster, Cadogan |
European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers, European Council for Plasticisers and Intermediates |
The text refers to a retrospective epidemiological study (Ohlson and Hardell, 2000) indicating th... |
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17-20 |
Arjen, David Sevenster, Cadogan |
European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers, European Council for Plasticisers and Intermediates |
We agree with the conclusion that due to mechanistic considerations DEHP should not be considered... |
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9-16 |
Arjen, David Sevenster, Cadogan |
European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers, European Council for Plasticisers and Intermediates |
It should be added that the EU Risk Assessment of DEHP acknowledges that this NOAEL of 4.8 mg/kg ... |
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26-34 |
Arjen, David Sevenster, Cadogan |
European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers, European Council for Plasticisers and Intermediates |
This may be misleading with regard to DBP exposure because it is based on early CDC biomonitoring... |
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25+ |
Arjen, David Sevenster, Cadogan |
European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers, European Council for Plasticisers and Intermediates |
It would be appropriate to insert here a further fundamental concern regarding the Bornehag et al... |
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Arthur E. Dungan |
Chlorine Institute |
The Chlorine Institute is pleased to be able to comment on the USGBC TSAC PVC Draft Report dated ... |
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27-32 |
Arthur E. Dungan |
Chlorine Institute |
The data cited refer to discrepancies between reported mercury emissions and actual mercury emiss... |
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36-38 |
Arthur E. Dungan |
Chlorine Institute |
We acknowledge that we don’t have complete evidence that definitively proves unaccounted for merc... |
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41-44
1-4 |
Arthur E. Dungan |
Chlorine Institute |
Concerning the ACGIH TLV for mercury, we are unaware that ACGIH considers its TLV and/or BEI reco... |
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9-12 |
Arthur E. Dungan |
Chlorine Institute |
We discuss this statement in the above comments which we are repeating below:
The data cited r... |
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19-22 |
Arthur E. Dungan |
Chlorine Institute |
We discuss this statement in the above comments which we are repeating below:
Mercury exposure... |