Leather and Phthalates

Substituting petroleum-based plasticizers in the synthetic leather industry with renewable resources, such as epoxidized palm oil (EPO), will mitigate environmental pollution. This study aims to produce synthetic leather using EPO and compare its characteristics to those of synthetic leather using commercial plasticizers. Raw materials were compoun...

Plasticizers have long been known for their effectiveness in obtaining flexible plastic materials, with wide applications in the automotive industry, in the medical field and in the consumer industry. Plasticizers from the phthalic class are produced on a large scale, and the literature indicates numerous directions of application. Thus, flexible f...

Malachite green is a compound commonly used as a dye for silk, leather, wool, cotton, and paper. Additionally, malachite green is utilized as a bacterial stain in microscopic analysis of cells and tissues. This study explores the transport of malachite green using the 2% copolymer of eugenol-diallyl phthalate (Co-EDAF) with the Polymer Inclusion Me...

Passengers are at a higher risk of respiratory infections and chronic diseases due to microbial exposure in airline cabins. However, the presence of virulence factors (VFs), antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs), metabolites, and chemicals are yet to be studied. To address this gap, we collected dust samples from the cabins of two airlines, one wit...

Di-isononyl phthalate (DiNP) is a plasticizer used to impart flexibility or stability in a variety of products including polyvinyl chloride, cable coatings, artificial leather, and footwear. Previous studies have examined the impact of DiNP on gut integrity and the colonic immune microenvironment, but this study further expands the research by exam...

Safer Chemicals Alternative (ALHem) from Serbia and Arnika from the Czech Republic conducted the analysis of the presence of phthalates in products for everyday use. The purpose of the analyses carried out within the joint ALHem/ARNIKA project was to examine the presence in plastic products on the Serbian market of the following four phthalates: bi...

Many different types of liquids and materials are used during service of motor vehicle, for example fuels (petrol, diesel, LPG, CNG), lubricants (oils, plastic lubricants), brake fluids and cooling fluids, cosmetics, etc. Vehicles are made from different construction materials also. Especially it can be steels, glass, lights metals, textile, leathe...

P VC paste resin is an important poly(vinyl chloride) product which is applied in artificial leather fabrication, film applicator coatings and medical catheters' production. To make products flexible or just avoid adopting the debated phthalates as plasticizers, four kinds of room temperature ionic liquids (ILs), [omim]PF 6 (1-octyl-3-methylimidazo...