plasticizer
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- n a substance added to plastics or other materials to make them more pliable
- But in 2008, the company found itself, along with other bottle makers, in the eye of a storm over BPA, shorthand for Bisphenol A, a commonly used plasticizer that some researchers .
- He cites phthalates the world's most widely used plasticizer, which helps soften the flexible plastics in car interiors, medical tubes and, yes, toys as a case in point.
- Some was mixed with a plasticizer to produce a substance that resembled putty.