Dangers Of Melting Vinyl Records

Make sure you have adequate ventilation for this project melting vinyl can produce harmful fumes.

Dangers of melting vinyl records.

These crafty creations can be used for any storage purpose and make great gifts. The melting point of a vinyl record depends on its specific makeup and additives added to the pvc during manufacturing. Melting vinyl shout outs. Record store day 2020.

More info built by paul ferguson for melting vinyl 2020. The centers for disease control s angiosarcoma of the liver among polyvinyl chloride workersoverviews the dangers vcm presented in vinyl factories prior to 1974 and the current state of vinyl. St george s the jewel in the heart of kemptown. As vinyl is heated hundreds of known carcinogens from these plasticizers cause cancer are released into the air.

Vinyl sales are continuing to grow and that means the nation s record collections are blooming. The future of the music industry. If you ve still got some vinyl records you don t want instead of tossing them melt them for arts projects. The production of vinyl has poisoned and contaminated workers and fenceline communities in places like cancer alley louisiana and texas.

Pvc production releases dangerous pollutants including vinyl chloride ethylene dichloride mercury dioxins and furans and pcbs. It took awhile but the cd eventually replaced cassette tapes and vinyl records as the music medium of choice. If you re getting rid of scratched unusable records whether that s cd or vinyl you. Melting vinyl s 2019 gig record picks of the year.

All you need is an old vinyl record a heat safe bowl an oven and a few minutes of free time. Burning vinly records pvc causes the release of small amounts of polychlorinated dibenzodioxins. The digital cd was invented in the late 1960s by james t.