PVC; Small Portable Homes

Two short items of possible interest.

As I was deep in writing and research mode for the show unearthing stuff about two chemicals that have made the news (because of environmental contamination, as well as occupational safety (at least in one case)), I tripped over thee following information about another chemical you may have heard of: PVC.

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) expose over at the Houston Chronicle. Not sure what sort of cleanup has happened in the intervening almost decade. Wikipedia has some referenced information on the compound and its uses.

In completely unrelated news, I stumbled upon this today: a portable dwelling that claims to be part Yurt, part Dome, the "Yome".
Then again, there is the more traditional looking tiny home from, natch, Tumbleweed Tiny Homes.