What gives plastic objects their flexibility and reduces their brittleness is the concentration of plasticiser. For example, a chemical solvent of the phthalate family called DOP is often used. The ...

The Hong Kong Consumer Council conducted a test on 30 samples of lip balm available on the market, with prices ranging from US$1.55 (HK$12) to US$8.24 (HK$64). Checks were made for heavy metals like ...

The Centre for Food Safety has instructed the industry to stop supplying and using three types of concentrated juices and a Taiwan-style drink as they were found to contain plasticiser di(2-ethylhexyl ...

The 'plasticiser' DEHP is known to leach out of plastics and cause fertility problems in male foetuses, writes Tess Crean. That's why it is banned under EU law. But now the Commission looks likely to ...

The Department of Health has ordered GlaxoSmithKline Limited to recall an antibiotic manufactured in France for paediatric patients, as a plasticiser has been detected in the product. The product, ...

Drinks makers hit by tainted alcohol claims All liquor drinks in China contain some levels of toxic plasticisers, China’s leading alcohol association said on Monday, after tests found quantities of ...

Speciality chemical provider Perstorp has been awarded the Eco Passport by Oeko-Tex certification for its Pevalen (pentaerythritol tetravalerate or PETV) true non-phthalate plasticiser.

A study of an eco-friendly solvent helping to make PVC plastic more flexible reveals the molecular-level interaction of hydrogen bonds between the two ingredients. What gives plastic objects their ...