Word: pvc
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that makes full use of disposables is now responsible for 15 to 18 pounds of garbage a day. Much of it consists of a dozen or more varieties of plastics that can be burned, provided the local air-pollution code allows the hospital to use an incinerator. But the PVC (polyvinyl chloride) plastics may generate lethal fumes containing hydrochloric acid and phosgene, a poisonous gas once used in chemical warfare. Other plastics melt and clog the incinerators...