FTALATOS Y EFECTOS EN LA SALUD
Plastifiers are commonly mixed with polymers, mainly with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in order to obtain a great variety of plastics with different degrees of elasticity. More employed plastifiers are esthers of phthalic acid or phthalates. However as the plastifiers are not tied to the polymer matrix...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2011 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Revista Internacional de Contaminación Ambiental |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/25362 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistascca.unam.mx/rica/index.php/rica/article/view/25362 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | phthalates environmental contamination by plastics PVC toxicology ftalatos contaminación por plásticos PCV toxicología |
| Sumario: | Plastifiers are commonly mixed with polymers, mainly with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in order to obtain a great variety of plastics with different degrees of elasticity. More employed plastifiers are esthers of phthalic acid or phthalates. However as the plastifiers are not tied to the polymer matrix they can diffuse from the material to the environment, so their migration constitutes a potential risk of environmental contamination. Although there is no conclusive evidence of their toxicity in humans, in this paper a complete review of the potential danger in the use of phthalates is presented. The evidence of their toxicity is also discussed and the importance to develop new studies about this problem in Mexico is signaled. |
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