Archive for January, 2010

What’s that in my plastic?

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Recently we had an inquiry by someone who believed they were having an allergic reaction to a specific plasticizer found in some soft plastic products.  We replied that it was indeed possible, but this also got us thinking: the additives used in plastics processing and manufacturing are common knowledge to those in the industry, but probably very foreign to the general public.  Thus, we have compiled this round-up of common plastics additives, the reason for their addition, and some considerations about them.

Read all about it after the jump.

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