Environmental and health hazard ranking and assessment of plastic polymers based on chemical composition

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3309-3324

  Lithner, Delilah ^a   Larsson, Ake ^a   Dave, Göran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environment; Hazardous substances; Health; Plastic polymers; Plastics; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; GLOBALLY HARMONIZED SYSTEM; HAZARD CLASS; HAZARD RANKING; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; INITIAL ASSESSMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NON-RENEWABLE; PHENOL FORMALDEHYDE RESINS; PLASTIC POLYMERS; PLASTIC WASTES; POLYMER PRODUCTION; RANKING MODEL; RISK REDUCTION MEASURES; THERMOSETTING POLYMERS; UNSATURATED POLYESTER;

CHEMICALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CRUDE OIL; ELASTOMERS; EPOXY RESINS; FORMALDEHYDE; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; MONOMERS; PHENOLS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYESTER RESINS; POLYMERS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; RESINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UREA; UREA FORMALDEHYDE RESINS;

UNSATURATED POLYMERS;

COPOLYMER; EPOXY RESIN; FORMALDEHYDE; MONOMER; PLASTIC; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYACRYLONITRILE; POLYCARBONATE; POLYESTER; POLYMER; POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

CARCINOGEN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; EUROPEAN UNION; FORMALDEHYDE; HEALTH RISK; MUTAGENICITY; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PLASTIC; POLYMER; TOXICITY; UNITED NATIONS;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLASSIFICATION; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; MUTAGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79959733970     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.04.038     Document Type: Article

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