EFSA | Literature screening and data extraction for exposure assessment of potential plasticisers

Background: Plasticisers are lipophilic additives that are used as single substances or mixtures in high amounts, typically at percentage levels and even up to 50% w/w, to change and tailor the physical properties of polymeric materials for their use in non-food and food-contact applications. Substances used as plasticisers find also other uses, e.g. as carrier solvents. 

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