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Original Articles

The Pyrolysis Products of Plastics—Problems in Defining Their Toxicity

Pages 7-9 | Published online: 27 Dec 2007
 

Abstract

Reliable studies of toxic effects and hazards of inhalation exposures to thermal decomposition products of plastics must provide good qualitative and quantitative descriptions of the exposure system, if valid data on dose-response are to be obtained. The dynamic nature of thermal decomposition processes makes such description very difficult. The conditions of decomposition will affect both the reaction rates and the identity of the products present in the system at a given time.

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