Plastic

• Alternatives

• Antioxidants and Stabilizers

• Bans & Fees

• Berkeley Plastics Task Force - (no longer active)

• Biodegradable Plastics & Plant-Based

• Doctors and Dentists  - Paul Goettlich 7may02

• Exporting Plastic Trash

• Flame Retardants

• Generation and Recovery of Plastics 1960-1995 - Graph AMRF 2003

• Monomers

• Nylons

• Plasticizers & Phthalates

• Polycarbonates

• Polyester

  • Polyethylene  - PET, LDPE, HDPE, MDPE, etc.

• Polymers

• Polypropylene

• Polystyrene/Styrene

• Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) AKA Teflon, Suva, Teflon, Tefzel, SilverStone, Tedlaar, Formacel, Vertrel, Daymel, Zyron, and Nafion.

• Polyvinylchloride -  PVC  - Vinyl -   aka Satan's resin [officially named by Mark Gorrell - date unknown]

  • Chlorine (Cl₂)

• Recycling Plastics An Oxymoron (also see the report of the Berkeley Plastics Task Force)

• Sea,  Lakes and Rivers of Plastic  There's six times more plastic than plankton in the middle of the Pacific ! ! !

• Solvents 

Food

• Wraps

• Is Plastic Making Us Fat? Obesity Epidemic - Boston Globe 14jan2008

• The ‘Plasticization’ of our Lifestyle - The Philippine Star (Manila) 21mar2006

• Junk Food in Space! Heinz Condiments Treat Astronauts at the International Space Station - Press Release / Heinz 3mar2006

• Breast Milk  -  NY Times Magazine 9sep05

• Wax Coatings on Organic Produce Items - Mindfully.org 2mar2004

• The Evolution of My Sauer Kraut Project and How I Learned About Plastic - Carolyn Rogers / Mindfully.org 18may2005

• 21CFR177§177 Indirect Food Additives: Polymers - Table of Contents - Code of Federal Regulations rev. 1apr03

• Methods and approaches used by FDA to evaluate the safety of food packaging materials - Food Additives and Contaminants Jul97

• Plastics and the Microwave  - Consumer magazine Nov/Dec02

• Additives in Food Packaging - Plastics Additives & Compounding April 2002

• Plastic Corks finding Global Market - AP 4feb03

• Germany- Deposit on disposable drinks packaging from 2002 will halt the advance of the can. German Fed. Environment Ministry Feb01

• Harmful Substances in Plastics Sheftel, VO Indirect Food Additives and Polymers: Migration and Toxicology 2000

• Global Food Contact Regulations Specific to Polycarbonate Resin

• Migration from Coextruded Food Packaging Multilayer Films and Plastics Containers  - (Abstract) Eur. Food Res. Tech.   29mar01

• FDA Approves Recycled PET in Food Containers -  The Age 6jul01 

• Low Doses of Chemicals in Packaging May Affect Reproduction  - ENN 15may01

• Polyvinyl Acetate New Edible, Food-Grade Fruit Coating Agricultural Research Service, USDA 12apr01

• Indirect Food Additives: Polymers  - Federal Register 1apr00

• They're in Our Food; Should We Worry? (Endocrine Disruptors) - Consumer Reports Jun98

• Element residues in food contact plastics and their migration into food simulants  - Food Additives and Contaminants v.12, n.5, 1995

• Unanticipated Interactions  (dangers of packaging chemicals getting into food)  - Consumers' Research Magazine Dec93

• Additive migration from various plastics with different processing or properties into test fat HB 307 - Food Additives and Contaminants  1984

Water

• Canada Likely to Label Plastic Ingredient in Water Bottle ‘Toxic’- New York Times 16aug2008

• Plastic Beverage Container Waste Soars - American Recycler 1apr2007

  • Water, Water Everywhere: The Growth of Non-Carbonated Beverages in the United States - Container Recycling Institute 1feb2007

• Permeation in Water Distribution Systems: Excerpted from Drinking Water Distribution Systems: Assessing And Reducing Risks / National Academies 2006 

• PET Bottled Water Sales in the US 1997-2002 - Container and Packaging Recycling UPDATE Summer/Fall 2003

• Alarm Rising in Denmark over Plastic Water Piping  - Environment Daily 28feb03

• Plastic Water Bottles are Toxic During Manufacture, Use, and "Disposal"  - AP 3may01

• Plastic Water Bottles a Health Threat  - Response to Editorial Paul Goettlich / Post Tribune (Indiana) 2jun01

Cosmetics

• Polyethylene Glycols (PEGs) - Also used in food and food packaging; medicines; as plasticizers, solvents, water-soluble lubricants for rubber molds; wetting or softening agents, antistatics in the production of urethane rubber, components of detergents, etc. 

More

• Panel Faults FDA Finding on Chemical - Wall Street Journal 29oct2008

  • FDA Science Board Subcommittee on Bisphenol A: Scientific Peer-Review of the Draft Assessment of Bisphenol A For Use in Food Contact Applications (7.6 MB PDF) 15aug2008

• Paper or Plastic: What’s the Greener Choice? - (with comments.... of course)  NBC News 7apr2008

• American Cancer Society: The World's Wealthiest "Nonprofit" Institution - Cancer Prevention Coalition 28mar2008

• Gasp! Polyester Is the New Name In Paris Fashion - Wall Street Journal  1mar208

• Is Plastic Making Us Fat? Obesity Epidemic - Boston Globe 14jan2008

• Has Earth Entered a New Epoch? - Christian Science Monitor 7feb2008

  • Are We Now Living in the Anthropocene? - Zalasiewicz / GSA Today 1feb 2008

• GE Nears Deal in Plastics Auction Nearly $11 Billion Sale To Saudi Company - Wall Street Journal 18may2007

• San Francisco Leaders OK Plastic Grocery Bag Ban - AP / Washington Post 27mar2007

• GE Is Seeking Bids on Plastics Unit Auction Appears to Reflect Concerns From Regulators About Bidders Teaming Up - Wall Street Journal 8jan2007

• Plastic Jack-o'-Lantern Threatens Deer's Life - AP 11nov2006

• Photovoltaic Films: Berkeley Scientists Synthesize Cheap, Easy-to-Make Ultra-thin Photovoltaic Films - SPX 24oct05

• Garbage Land: On The Secret Trail of Trash - Book Review / Washington Post 10jul2005

• Inventory of Effective Premarket Notifications for Food Contact Substances  -  FDA 15feb2005

• Mauritania: A Desert Capital Drowning in a Sea of Rubbish - IRIN 15feb2005

• Infrared-Sensitive Plastic Five Times More Efficient Converter of Solar Energy - University of Toronto 10jan05

• Stuff.... Lot's of Plastic Stuff: In the 1967 film "The Graduate,'' Mr. Robinson offers one word of advice to Dustin Hoffman's character, Benjamin Braddock: "Plastics." -  SF Chronicle 24mar04

• Chemical Industry Told to Get Tough in Lobbyist's Leaked Memo - San Francisco Chronicle 21nov03

• Breast Implants: Thomas V. Whalen, Surgeon Urges Silicone Implant Ban -  Star-Ledger (New Jersey) 6nov03

• Breast Implants: FDA Panel Backs Breast Implants Made of Silicone -  NY Times 16oct03

• Breast Implants: US Federal Court: Government Can Seek Money From Implant Settlement - AP 16sep03

• Phthalates, Alkylphenols, Pesticides, Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers, and Other Endocrine-Disrupting Compounds in Indoor Air and Dust - Env. Sci. Tech 13sep03

• AstroTurf: This Grass Is Always Greener  - NY Times 20apr03

• How Stain-Repellant Nanofabric is Made: The Fabric of Consumer Reality - Red Herring 1mar03

• Thermoforming vies for piece of pallet pie  -  Plastics News12feb01

• Life Cycle Inventory - Environment Canada 2feb01

• Indian Ragpickers Hate Plastic - Same Problems as Curbside Recycling Programs - Indian Express 23nov98

• Microban - Germ Warfare (antimicrobial plastic)- EHP Mar97

• Hexyl-PVP Special Coating Kills Germs   - AP 22may01

• Competition Between Recycling and Incineration  -  Economics Sound Resource Management 30sep96

• Traditional Plastics Processing   -  EHP Jan95

• Plastics trade record owes a lot to Mexico - Plastics News Opinion

• Reporting fraud shines light on shady tactics - Plastics News Opinion

• Suburbanites Are Installing Faux Grass That Fools Pets  - Wall Street Journal 13jul01

• Plastic Stacking Chair Definition: Tupperware: A Container for Lard-Butt Zombies  - Washington Post 6jun01

• Making Trees into Plastic  - Eastman Chemical Co 13may01

• Occupational asthma in Europe and other industrialised areas: a population-based study  - Lancet  22may99

• Non-CMA Chemical Companies Relative Importance in the U.S. Chemical Industry 1992  - CMA 14sep92

• Synthetic Chemicals of Concern Used in Cosmetics

• With Rubber Sidewalks, Trees Are on the Rebound  -  LA Times 14jul01

• Asphalt Modifiers and Additives - NIOSH Dec00

• Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in New Car Interiors  - CSIRO 30nov00

• Diaper Emissions Acute Respiratory Effects -  Archive of Environmental Health  Sep-Oct99

• Diaper Decision - Not A Clear Issue  -  Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet

• Diapers - Rosin Components Identified in Diapers  - Contact Dermatitis, 34, 176-180 1996

• Latex Allergies Stretch Beyond Rubber Gloves - Environmental Health Perspectives v.104, n.9 Sep96

• Evaluation of plastics for food packaging  - Food Additives and Contaminants 1994

• Chronology of findings of organotin compounds including TBT (Tributayltin) in various non-food consumer products

• Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA) FY 1990 Revenues $27,391,100 -  Chemical Manufacturers Assoc. Meeting Minutes 5sep91

• Chemical Industry's Plans to Influence Public Perceptions of Hazardous Waste Disposal Through Front Groups &  Politicians  - Chemical Manufacturers Assoc. Meeting Minutes 5sep91

• CMA Making Better Science Through Money: Research Program on the Carcinogenic Potential of Vinyl Chloride  - CMA Interoffice Confidential Memo 5jun72

• Ethylene Gas - Description and applications for produce.

• Acrylamide

• Acetaldehyde CH₃CH_O 44.06 g/mol CASRN -- 75-07-0 MSDS 8nov96

• Butadiene - EHP Mar94

• Hexachloroethane CAS # 67-72-1 Seventh Annual Report on Carcinogens 12 Apr 00

• Irganox 1076 Octadecyl   3,5-Di-(tert)-butyl-4-hydroxyhydrocinnamate  CASRN: 2082-79-3 MSDS 15jun00

• Irganox 1192 Teratology Study in Rats with Cover Letter Dated 4feb87

• BHT (DBPC) butylated hydroxytoluene 2,6-di-tert-butyl-p-cresol - Producer Info and MSDS 1999

• BHA and BHT - Madhavi et al / Food Antioxidants: Technological, Toxicological, and Health Perspectives 1996 

• Making Rayon Fiber

  • Cellulose Migration and Toxicology

• Triethanolamine CAS # 102-71-6 Daltogen; Sterolamide; Thiofaco T-35  - NTP Technical Report Nov99

• Sebacic Acid (SA) - Handbook of Toxic Properties of Monomers and Additives. 1995

• Leo Baekeland & Wallace Carothers: Maestros of Molecules  - US News 17aug98

• "Rubber" US Patent No.240 -  Charles Goodyear 17jun1837

News

• Dow Chemical to Pump Billions into Eastern Germany - Deutsche Welle 6jun03

• American Chemistry Council Wants to Improve Industry's Image with $50 Million Contract - Ad Age 4apr03

• American Chemistry Council to Spend $50 Million to Improve its Image Among Women - Plastics News 31mar03

• World Bank to Fund Toxic Plastic Production in India - Press Release 18sep02

• Frisbees to be made using the Inventor's Ashes Mixed into the Plastic - SF Chronicle 13aug02

• Plastic-wrapped Hindu offerings clogging UK canal -  1jul02

• Plastic Bag Environmental Levy in Ireland - Department of the Environment and Local Government, Ireland 4mar02

• Plastic Bags in S. Africa: Replacing thin clutter with a thicker clutter - Los Angeles Times 30jan02

• Sippy Cups Draw Fire for Speech Slurs, Cavities - Wall Street Journal 12feb02

• Book Review - Materials Matter: Toward a Sustainable Materials Policy by Kenneth Geiser - Reviewed in  Nature 415, 367 - 368 (2002)

• Cargill's Blair, Nebraska Plant Addition uses Corn to Produce Plastic  - Omaha World-Herald 8jan02

• Join the Plastic Pink Flamingo Boycott! Give unsigned flamingos the bird. -  Annals of Improbable Research (AIR) 12dec01

• Coca-Cola Sued for Human Rights Abuses in Colombia  - United Steel Workers Union and the International Labor Rights Fund 20jul01

• Sliced Peanut Butter Individually Wrapped in Plastic  -  San Jose Mercury News 17jul01

• Architect's View of Plastics: "Less Than Fantastic in Long Run"  -  LA Times 7jul01

• Plastics have Infiltrated Every Corner of Modern Life  - US News 25jun01

• Gerber to use plastic food jars - AP 20jun01

• Bill Moyers, ACC mishandle `Trade Secrets´ - Plastics News Opinion 30apr01

• Rubberized Repavement  -  SF Chronicle 30apr01

• Plastic Fantastic: 'Radical Plastics' Exhibit in London -  Independent UK 7apr01

• EU Lawmakers To Vote Tues On Stricter PVC Regulations  - Dow Jones Newswires 2apr01

• PVC Group To Join Exall Resources Consortium For Oltchim  - DJN 29mar01

• Allergic to computing? Triphenyl Phosphate flame retardant -  Science News 21oct00

• Milk Bottles Back on Line - Toronto Star 14jun99

• Don't buy plastics! -  Ellen & Paul Connett / Waste Not #362 Summer 1996

• Promising Polymers  - Environmental Health Perspectives Jan95

• A few Dairies that bottle in Glass May01

• "Plastic People" - Absolutely Free / Frank Zappa 1967

• Monsanto + MIT + Plastic = Disneyland's Home of the Future 1957