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Some baby bottles, water bottles, and other clear plastic containers are made of polycarbonate plastic, a polymer made with the chemical bisphenol A (BPA). BPA is a hormone-disrupting chemical that in animal studies has been associated lower sperm counts, hormonal changes, enlarged prostate glands, abnormalities in the number of chromosomes in eggs,and pre-cancerous changes in the breast and prostate. It also has been associated with obesity and insulin resistance—a condition that commonly precedes the development of diabetes.

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Star Chem FZE

With our offices in Sharjah Aiport Free Zone, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Star Chem was founded in 2009 as agents and distributors of specialty chemical raw materials to industries in the Middle East . Star Chem serves customers in a range of markets including paint, resin, coatings, ink, adhesives, construction chemicals, paving block, lubricant and grease industries. Star Chem has earned name as a reliable supplier of cost effective raw materials.

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Hazardous Waste Site Health Assessment Team

Infographic | March 9, 2020

We look into whether hazardous waste sites cause health risks. A hazardous waste site can be any place where chemicals have gotten into the air, water and soil. Former landfills and industrial plants, even areas where crops have been grown, can be hazardous waste sites.

One-Day Recycling Depot

Infographic | June 1, 2022

Foam packaging (white and coloured) such as foam containers for meat and produce, foam egg cartons, foam clamshells, cups and bowls for takeout food, firm foam cushion packaging to protect electronics, small appliances, etc.

ACC Plastics Circular Economy

Infographic | December 4, 2019

100% of ACC’s Plastics Division’s U.S. manufacturing sites participate in Operation Clean Sweep-Blue by 2020, with all North American sites by 2022 Founding member of Global Declaration, which today includes 75 plastics organizations in 40 countries that have pledged to develop and track programs to help keep plastics out of our oceans

PFAS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Infographic | December 28, 2019

WHAT ARE PFAS CHEMICALS? Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of man-made chemicals that includes PFOA, PFOS and GenX chemicals. Since the 1940s, PFAS have been manufactured and used in a variety of industries around the globe, including in the United States. PFOA and PFOS have been the most extensively produced and studied of these chemicals. Both are very persistent in the environment and in the human body. Exposure to certain PFAS can lead to adverse human health effects.

Household Hazardous Wastes

Infographic | December 13, 2019

What is household hazardous waste? Unwanted leftover products accumulated in a home that are ignitable, toxic, corrosive, or reactive. Examples include oil based paints, lighter fluid, fertilizers, adhesives, and cleaning products.

Working in heat can be hazardous and can cause harm to workers

Infographic | December 18, 2019

You must do everything reasonably practicable to eliminate the risks of working in heat. Where the risk cannot be eliminated, it must be minimised as much as reasonably practicable. Different workers may react differently to heat conditions. 5 Heat is not just a hazard when working outdoors on hot days. Consider the conditions inside your workplace and what hazards may be present.

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