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Article: What's really in there? Why you can't afford not to know what's in your polymer (and what could come out).(NORTH AMERICA)
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- Plastics Engineering
- Article date:
- June 1, 2009
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In a complex regulatory landscape that is constantly shifting, developing and manufacturing new plastic products that the market wants is only half the battle. The other half is in ensuring public safety. Although employing good quality-control practices for incoming materials helps in this regard, polymers may contain any number of unexpected components from additives to degradation by-products. Consequently, testing the "finished" prelaunch product is critical. This is especially true now, given the acute increase in media attention and government regulation regarding such "hot button" contaminants as melamine, bisphenol A (BPA), and lead.
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