An environmental, health and safety overview of benzoate plasticizers

摘要

A review concerns the characteristic of the novel plasticizer Benzoflex 2088 composed of three already known benzoate plasticizers: diethyleneglycol dibenzoate (Benzoflex 2-45), dipropyleneglycol dibenzoate (Benzoflex 9-88) and triethyleneglycol dibenzoate (Benzoflex S-358). Detail analyses of these components show that Benzoflex 2088 creates no health hazard (e.g. lethal dose LD_50 is 3-5 g/kg of body weight). Data concerning its estrogenic activity, metabolism, toxicity to aquatic organisms and biodegradability were presented. Plasticizer investigated quickly undergoes biodegradation in the environment and does now show the tendency of accumulate in the orgaisms.