Plasticizer incident and its health effects in Taiwan
To reinforce source control of plasticizers, the Taiwan Environmental Protection Agency (TEPA) rescheduled some items of plasticizers from Class 4 to Class 1 (non-biodegradable or bioaccumulative) and Class 2 (carcinogenic, teratogenic or mutagenic) poisons on July 20, 2011.
A review on the response and management of the plasticizer
There are various categories of plasticizers [1]. Phthalic acid esters are the most widely used plasticizers and include di- (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), di-isononyl phthalate (DINP), di-isodecyl phthalate (DIDP), butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP), di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), and diethyl phthalate (DEP).
Plasticizer contamination triggers food security fear across
The sale of beverages in Taiwan totals about 70 billion New Taiwan dollars (2.45 billion U.S. dollars) and the sale from July to September usually accounts for 40 percent of the annual figure, he said. Given the impact of the contamination scandal, sales in the next few months are likely to drop by 30 percent, he said.
Formosa Plastics Group
Revenue. $6.7 billion (2025) [1] Formosa Plastics Group ( FPG, Chinese: 臺塑企業; pinyin: Tái Sù Jítuán) is a titular Taiwanese conglomerate of diverse interests, including biotechnology, petrochemical processing and production of electronics components. The group was founded by Wang Yung-ching and his brother Wang Yung-tsai, and is
Formosa Plastics Corp
The president of Formosa Plastics Corp. (FPC) is Jason Lin (林健男). In 2025, Chemical & Engineering News ranked Formosa Plastics as the world's sixth largest chemical company by sales in 2018, with US$36.9 billion. [1] That same year, Forbes ranked the company as No. 758 on its Global 2000 list of the world's largest public companies. [2]
