A review on the response and management of the plasticizer-tainted food
The DOH has moreover introduced a “5 Less, 5 More” slogan to the public to reduce plasticizer exposures in daily life. “5 Less” implies: less plastics; less flavorings; less unnecessary medicines or nutritional supplements; less processed fruit juice, fruit jelly, snacks, and cakes with artificial filling or other desserts; less animal fat; and
Plasticizers - Chemical Economics Handbook (CEH) | S&P Global - IHS Markit
Flexible PVC (and thus plasticizers) is found in the following applications: construction (flooring, wall coverings), electrical (wire and cable jacketing), consumer goods (toys, footwear, etc.), packaging, transportation (inside and outside of vehicles), furnishings, and medical uses (tubing, blood bags).
Diisononyl Phthalate (DINP) - Chemical Supplier Distributor Chemceed
1.481-1.488 Application Diisononyl Phthalate (DINP) is a general use high molecular weight PVC Plasticizer which provides a good balance of cost savings and properties. DINP is a preferred replacement for DOP plasticizer, and is highly compatible with PVC and shows good permanence.
Plasticizer incident and its health effects in Taiwan
The May 23, 2011, plasticizer incident was one of the most serious food safety issues that ever occurred in Taiwan. Most, if not all, plasticizer-contaminated food items were due to malicious replacement of palm oil with phthalate plasticizer (s) in the cloudy-agent formulas by two upstream manufacturers. The incumbent agencies in Taiwan took
Plasticizers posing health risk to Taiwanese: doctor
A tracking study of more than 700 21-year-olds that began in 2016 has found that the plasticizer DEHP (di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate) is related to coronary artery disease, said Su Ta-chen (蘇大成), director of National Taiwan University Hospital’s Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine.