plastic shower curtains, when warm (while showering), omit toxic fumes that causes kidney cancer, among other things. kind of scary. when you buy that new shower curtain and take it out its little package, THAT’S what that smell is. it wreaks… death. great! -__- will be getting a new NON plastic shower curtain in my very near future. thanks, harley.. for your ” ‘share’ of the day. “