Aging infrastructure for water pipes in the United States has long been a problem, as we saw a few years ago with the lead pipe fiasco in Flint, MI. It’s not just a pipe problem — these aging pipes ...

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is hailed as a wonder material, and, in many ways, it is. However, the possibilities are not endless. PVC has its limits, especially in HVAC applications. PVC sometimes makes ...

Nearly two years after Helene sent thousands of pounds of PVC pipe funneling into the French Broad River, questions remain ...

NEW: A Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association official has a rebuttal to the Beyond Plastics report covered in this story. Read the detailed update here. Bennington, Vt.-based Beyond Plastics, a nonprofit ...

Plastic pipes are polluting drinking water systems after wildfires, increase risk in urban fires by Andrew J. Whelton, Amisha Shah and Kristofer P. Isaacson, The Conversation Add as preferred source ...

Plastic pipe producers are in a good position to meet increasing demand as U.S. cities update drinking water and wastewater systems, but that's also bringing a new wave of criticism from environmental ...

A report published not coincidentally just ahead of Earth Day (April 22), warns anew of the potential safety concerns revolving around the use of PVC pipes for drinking water. I say anew because "The ...

PHILADELPHIA, June 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement is being issued by Kroll Settlement Administration regarding In re PVC Pipe Antitrust Litigation. Two new settlements have been ...

PVC pipe is useful for a range of tasks, from plumbing and irrigation applications, to framing material for hockey nets or other crafts. Regardless of the project, you’re going to need to cut that ...

PVC sometimes makes sense for heating and cooling applications — other times, it doesn’t. Before deciding which material works best for your building or installation project, consider how you want ...