How to Use plasticizer in a Sentence

plasticizer

noun

• So the combination of plasticizers and dirty bath water creates almost a buffet for the bacteria to enjoy.
  — Doug Criss, CNN, 29 Mar. 2018
• Some chemicals of concern include estrogens from birth control pills, the plasticizer bisphenol A, and the herbicide atrazine.
  — National Geographic, 3 Feb. 2016
• Some chemicals of concern include estrogens from birth control pills, the plasticizer bisphenol A, and the herbicide atrazine.
  — National Geographic, 3 Feb. 2016
• Plastics are held together with chemicals called plasticizers, and experts have expressed great concern about two: bisphenol-A (known as BPA) and phthalates.
  — Tabor Wordelman, Teen Vogue, 19 Dec. 2018
• Safety activists have long argued for a federal ban on the use of plasticizers in food packaging and processing, but have been mostly unsuccessful.
  — Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2024
• And back in March, a paper by an international team of scientists suggested that astronauts setting up a base on the Moon could use the urea in their urine as a plasticizer to create a concrete-like building material out of lunar soil.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 22 Sep. 2020
• Many are leaving out plasticizers, phthalates, formaldehyde, chlorine, halogen and heavy metals.
  — Clare Miers, star-telegram, 15 Mar. 2018
• All of the foods the GWU researchers tested contained one or more phthalates or other plasticizer chemicals, according to the study, which received funding from foundations that promote liberal or left-leaning policies.
  — Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2021
• One common class of plasticizers is a group of molecules called phthalates—a category that contains carcinogens—although PVC plastic wrap doesn't contain them anymore.
  — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 12 July 2019
• These common plasticizers, used some nail polishes to increase flexibility and in some shampoos and cleansers to carry fragrance, are controversial because of a possible link to disruption of the human endocrine system.
  — Allure, 17 Aug. 2018
• Celluloid depended on Taiwanese camphor as a solvent and plasticizer.
  — Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2022
• Independent research on beads collected from New Orleans parades has found toxic levels of lead, bromine, arsenic, phthalate plasticizers, halogens, cadmium, chromium, mercury and chlorine on and inside the beads.
  — David Redmon, Smithsonian, 8 Mar. 2017
• The Children's Environmental Health Network lists phthalates, a group of chemicals commonly called plasticizers that are suspected hormone disruptors, as an ingredient found in fragrances.
  — Erica Zurek, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2023
• These particles often contain harmful chemical additives such as flame retardants or plasticizers, but the overwhelming diversity in size and chemical composition also makes toxicity difficult to predict, let alone study.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2019

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024