On December 14, 2023, the U.S. EPA announced that it would include vinyl chloride—a known human carcinogen that's been sickening workers and residents for almost 50 years—in its priority list of chemicals for risk assessment. This is a critical first step towards banning vinyl chloride under the federal Toxic Substances Control Act and your members of Congress must let EPA know they support this move and urge them to act as quickly as possible to prevent more harm from being done by vinyl chloride. As we've seen in East Palestine, Ohio where five tanker cars' full of vinyl chloride were intentionally spilled and mass burned following the Norfolk Southern train derailment last winter, no community is safe from vinyl chloride's negative health impacts. The only true solution is to ban it!