The carcinogenic potency is estimated to be about 120 times higher than for benzene, a known human carcinogen in petrol. See also Chlorine and toxicity and Chlorine and cancer. The paying of all costs of blocking a chlorine train at Linne-Herten in The Netherlands. The last verdict is quit interesting. Without any scientifically justified reason, they use PVC as a scapegoat for their fundamentalism.
Persons are more or less protected by law against false insinuations and accusations.
No law protects a product against false insinuations and accusations, nor is it possible to let them pay for the damage they have done in market shares and disemployment. That is power without responsability. The blackmailing Greenpeace misuses the position of consumergoods producers and resellers to blackmail them. With actions against PVC at different resellers, with the publication of 'black lists' of goods, still packaged in PVC, they create an atmosphere, which is difficult to withstand. In fact the resellers want to sell water, margarine, cheese, fish, meat, toys and other consumer goods, not the packaging.