title: Potential toxicological problems associated with antioxidants in plastics and rubber consumables.
abstract: Antioxidants and stabilisers are of critical importance in the manufacture and use of polymer artifacts. Most conventional additives are readily leached from plastics or rubbers by foodstuffs or body fluids with consequent danger associated with the potential toxicity in the body. Strategy for the development of biologically "safe" stabilisation systems for polymers are discussed and it is concluded that the attachment of the appropriate reactive functional group to the polymer backbone by "reactive processing" provides the best means of immobilising the functional group to leaching fluids without sacrificing its protective action.
authors.affiliation: Polymer Group, Aston University, Birmingham.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005609:Free Radicals; D006795:Household Products; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010969:Plastics; D012408:Rubber
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D005609:Free Radicals; D010969:Plastics; D012408:Rubber