The increased growth in the development and use of plastic pipes for oil pipelines, gas and water distribution, and ducting for telephone and electrical cables, etc. has created a need for a vast ...

BOSTON (CBS) - Union plumbers say it's not just the dust from cutting PVC pipe that makes installing it so dangerous. Joe King is a plumbing instructor for the union. He tells the I-Team, "It's the ...

A report from a coalition of U.S. environmental advocacy groups has warned of the health risks of PVC plastic and urged public officials against using the material in community drinking water pipes.

Plastic pipe demand continues to grow — in large part through infrastructure projects for drinking water and storm and sanitary sewer systems — despite stiff competition, challenges from environmental ...