ReviewPolymers2018
How Green is Your Plasticizer?
Review in Polymers, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 158 citations in OpenAlex.
- An Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses Evaluating Associations between Human Health and Exposure to Major Classes of Plastic-Associated Chemicals.Annals of global health · 2024Pooled it
- Synthesis and Evaluation of Eleven Novel Renewable Plasticizers for Polylactic Acid (PLA): Linking Molecular Structure to Performance.Polymers · 2026Article
- Impact of Soybean Oil Epoxidation Degree on Hot-Melt Adhesives.ACS omega · 2026Article
- Langmuir Monolayers as Effective Models of Apical Epithelial Cell Membranes: Studies on the Effects of Phthalate Incorporation.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2026Article
- Plasticizer-Enabled Solvent-Free Curing of Self-Healing Binder System for Energetic Materials.Polymers · 2025Article
- Competing Effects of Plasticization and Miscibility on the Structure and Dynamics of Natural Rubber: A Comparative Study on Bio and Commercial Plasticizers.ACS polymers Au · 2025Article
- Dibutyl sebacate as PVC ecoplasticizer-economic synthesis and functional properties.Royal Society open science · 2025Article
- An Overview of Film-Forming Emulsions for Dermal and Transdermal Drug Delivery.AAPS PharmSciTech · 2024Review
- The Development of Poly(lactic acid) (PLA)-Based Blends and Modification Strategies: Methods of Improving Key Properties towards Technical Applications-Review.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Global Environmental and Toxicological Data of Emerging Plasticizers: Current Knowledge, Regrettable Substitution Dilemma, Green Solution and Future Perspectives.Green chemistry : an international journal and green chemistry resource : GC · 2024Article
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- Plastics in human diets: development and evaluation of the 24-h Dietary Recall - Plastic Exposure and the Dietary Plastics Score.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Examining the endpoint impacts, challenges, and opportunities of fly ash utilization for sustainable concrete construction.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Further Step in the Transition from Conventional Plasticizers to Versatile Bioplasticizers Obtained by the Valorization of Levulinic Acid and Glycerol.ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering · 2023Article
- Thermomechanical Properties of Nontoxic Plasticizers for Polyvinyl Chloride Predicted from Molecular Dynamics Simulations.ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2023Article
- An Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquid as a Model to Study Plasticization Effects on Cationic Polymethacrylate Films.Polymers · 2023Article
- Photoantibacterial Poly(vinyl)chloride Films Applying Curcumin Derivatives as Bio-Based Plasticizers and Photosensitizers.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health.Annals of global health · 2023Review
- Alteration of the NEpigenomics · 2022Article
- Microbial Consortia and Mixed Plastic Waste: Pangenomic Analysis Reveals Potential for Degradation of Multiple Plastic Types via Previously Identified PET Degrading Bacteria.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
Abstract
Plasticizers are additives that are used to impart flexibility to polymer blends and improve their processability. Plasticizers are typically not covalently bound to the polymers, allowing them to leach out over time, which results in human exposure and environmental contamination. Phthalates, in particular, have been the subject of increasing concern due to their established ubiquity in the environment and their suspected negative health effects, including endocrine disrupting and anti-androgenic effects. As there is mounting pressure to find safe replacement compounds, this review addresses the design and experimental elements that should be considered in order for a new or existing plasticizer to be considered green. Specifically, a multi-disciplinary and holistic approach should be taken which includes toxicity testing (both in vitro and in vivo), biodegradation testing (with attention to metabolites), as well as leaching studies. Special consideration should also be given to the design stages of producing a new molecule and the synthetic and scale-up processes should also be optimized. Only by taking a multi-faceted approach can a plasticizer be considered truly green.
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