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Definitions
of Plastic Resins (From the Industry)
Information
By Plastic Type:
#1 Polyethylene
Terephthalate
The
Polyethylene Family
Polyethylene Terephthalate
Migration and Toxicity Scientific report
on the potential toxic migration of plastics into
their contents, for example, a water bottle. Suffolk
County (NY) Ban of Plastic Grocery Bags and other
Plastic Food Containers Bans include
information on PVC and LDPE Bags
Suffolk
County, NY, Bans Plastic Food Containers -- First In Nation
RACHEL'S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH WEEKLY #76 9may88
Plastic
Wrapping Banned in Suffolk Factory Packaging is Exempt Law
Takes Effect in '89 Philip S Gutis / Special to New
York Times p.1 30apr88
#2 High
Density Polyethylene
High-Density
(low-pressure) Polyethylene Scientific study and data
on the properties of HDPE and toxicity
#3 Poly
Vinyl Chloride
Trends
in PVC Expansion, A Green Peace Report: "Trends in World
PVC Industry Expansion"June 19, 1998 Joel A. Tickner
ALTERNATIVES
TO DIOXIN SOURCES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN (GREENPEACE)
Assessment
of vinyl chloride-induced DNA damage in lymphocytes of plastic
industry workers using a single-cell gel electrophoresis technique.
Toxicology 128:9-16(GP) DT: SEPTEMBER, 1996
An In Depth study that proves the phase out of PVC in Canada
would create 5% more jobs than continued production of PVC.
History
of Dioxin/PVC organizing in the US (2002)
How
Vinyl is Produced (From the Industry)
Salt is a basic ingredient of basis of PVC: Though
it is found everywhere, we often do not read about how it's made
. . . Multinational
Giant Cargill Ignores the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to make
Salt
#4 Low
Density Polyethylene
The
Polyethylene Family
#5 Polypropylene
Polypropylene markets to grow about 4% annually Additives
for Polymers v.2002, n.3, Mar02
#6 Polystyrene
Berkeley
California's Ordinance against Polystyrene
The
Stench of Plastic It's a Styrene World The Ecologist
v.31, n.9 Nov01
Polystyrene Products and
Recycling Polystyrene Packaging Council (PSPC) 23jul01
Information direct from the industry admitting
that they create millions of tons of waste. A quote: "Please
note that due to present economic conditions, polystyrene food
service packaging is generally not recycled....There has been
a decrease in the amount of polystyrene food service packaging
recycled during this period." SEE
MORE
Hormone-Disrupting
Toxin Found in Polystyrene Containers Kyodo Tokyo
27apr98
Suffolk
County (NY) Ban of Plastic Grocery Bags and other Plastic Food
Containers Bans include information on PVC and LDPE
Bags
Suffolk
County, NY, Bans Plastic Food Containers -- First In Nation
RACHEL'S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH WEEKLY #76 9may88
Plastic
Wrapping Banned in Suffolk Factory Packaging is Exempt Law
Takes Effect in '89 Philip S Gutis / Special to New
York Times p.1 30apr88
#7 Other
OTHER PLASTIC PRODUCTS:
"Biodegradable
plastic"
EPA
Honors Cargill-Dow for Bio-plastics
(June 26, 2002)
Unfortunately the EPA does
not consider the incredibly unethical and anti-environmental things
that large firms like Dow and Cargill do. Dow has produced some
of the world's most dangerous chemical products and pesticides,
and Cargill is guilty of "buying up" the world food
supply through corporate monopoly. This is not to mention the
use and promotion of Genetically Modified-Organisms (GMO's), which
numerous third world groups oppose. Moreover, Dow has recently
been criticized by our colleagues for another issue-- poor labor
relations (see below).
WORKERS
PICKETT DOW CHEMICAL CORP.
(JULY 2002)
Plastic
Goes the Corn Sugar Way (another green-wash of DOW)
Cargill's Blair, Nebraska Plant Addition uses Corn to Produce
Plastic - Omaha World-Herald 8jan02
Biodegradable
plastics from wheat starch and polylactic acid (PLA) -
KSU Dept. Of Grain Science and Industry (rev.31mar01)
Demand
for biodegradable polymers to reach 15.9 million kg by 2005
Additives for Polymers Dec01
How
Green are Green Plastics? Scientific American Aug00
Biodegradability/Recycling
Scam Mobil Greenwash-Greenpeace Int 1992
FLAME RETARDANTS:
PBDE Flame Retardant
in Furniture Causes Concern - AP 30jan02
PBDE Polybrominated
diphenyl ether What Fate for Brominated Fire Retardants?
Rebecca Renner / Environmental Science and Technology 1may00
PBDE - Flame Retardant
Exposure: Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Blood from Swedish
Workers (Abstract) EHP Aug99
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