Safe use
Safe use - Vinyl Council Australia
| PVC resin in its natural form produces a rigid plastic. However, the polymer has the capability of being modified in a wide variety of ways through the use of additives. This is what makes PVC so versatile in its use for many different useful applications. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The use of additives in any product must be assessed carefully and such an assessment is an important part of product life cycle thinking. From a safety, health and environmental perspective, concern has been raised from the use of two groups of compounds traditionally used in PVC: • Phthalates, used to soften PVC for flexible applications; • Heavy metal compounds used to heat stabilise the polymer for processing. |
