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 '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 ...

Danisco's Soft-N-Safe bio-based plasticiser has completed a cradle-to-gate Life Cycle Assessment, detailing the environmental impacts in accordance with the ISO 14044 standard as well as the ILCD ...

A recent report that found liquor plasticiser levels to be more than 260% above the standard set by Jiugui Liquor Co Ltd, a famous liquor maker in China's Hunan province, has tarnished the company's ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...