The Erie County Water Authority (“Erie”) filed a Class Action Complaint in the United States District Court (Northern District of Illinois) against seven PVC pipe manufacturers alleging violations of ...

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 ...

A report warning cities against the use of PVC pipes in water systems sparked swift and resounding criticism from the plastics industry, its advocates and at least one leading scientific expert.

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.

The Erie County Water Authority in Buffalo, N.Y., has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against municipal PVC pipe producers alleging illegal collusion to increase prices. The lawsuit filed Nov. 8 ...

A study published by the Utah State University (USU) buried structures laboratory takes a comprehensive look at PVC pipe excavations, testing and life cycle analysis. The key findings? A combination ...

A coalition of environmental organizations warned in a report Wednesday of potential health risks in replacing lead pipes with polyvinyl chloride (PVC). PVC, a low-cost plastic, is commonly used as an ...

Amid the Biden administration’s lead pipe removal push, the suit says manufacturers raised prices by 500 percent. A class action lawsuit alleges the nation’s biggest PVC pipe manufacturers violated ...

Aug 26 (Reuters) - An electrical contractor has filed an antitrust lawsuit in U.S. court accusing Westlake, Atkore and other major PVC pipe manufacturers of conspiring to overcharge municipal and ...

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...