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Inventory finds more than 10,000 chemicals used in plastics manufacture

Nearly a quarter of the chemicals—which include monomers, additives, and processing aids—are potentially hazardous, according to European Union criteria

by XiaoZhi Lim, special to C&EN
July 6, 2021 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 99, Issue 25

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