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South Korea's Fair Trade Commission raids LG Chem, Hanwha Solutions, OCI, and Aekyung Chemical over suspected price-fixing collusion in PVC and plasticizer markets following Middle East conflict, as antitrust regulator investigates potential coordinated price increases among major petrochemical manufacturers.
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South Korea's Antitrust Regulator Raids Four Petrochemical Firms Over Suspected Price-Fixing

South Korea's Fair Trade Commission raids LG Chem, Hanwha Solutions, OCI, and Aekyung Chemical over suspected price-fixing collusion in PVC and plasticizer markets following Middle East conflict, as antitrust regulator investigates potential coordinated price increases among major petrochemical manufacturers.

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 Hacker NewsMay 11, 2024
The Plastic Chemicals Hiding in Your Food: What Our Tests Found
https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-contaminants/the-plastic-chemicals-hiding-in-your-food-a7358224781/
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The Plastic Chemicals Hiding in Your Food

CR tested popular fast foods and supermarket staples for some of the chemicals used to make plastic, which can be harmful to your health. Here's what we found—and how to stay safer.

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jan 5, 2024

Consumer Reports finds 'widespread' presence of plastics in food
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/consumer-reports-finds-widespread-presence-plastics-food-2024-01-04/

The Plastic Chemicals Hiding in Your Food
CR tested popular fast foods and supermarket staples for bisphenols and phthalates, which can be harmful to your health. Here's what we found—and how to stay safer.
https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-contaminants/the-plastic-chemicals-hiding-in-your-food-a7358224781/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38878683

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Maga GranadosNov 22, 2022
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jprbarryJun 23, 2021
Biologists Raise Alarm: Brain Damage Caused by Even Small Amounts of Plasticizers
By #UniversityofBayreuth #Plasticizers #Goldfish #FishBrains
https://scitechdaily.com/biologists-raise-alarm-brain-damage-caused-by-even-small-amounts-of-plasticizers/
Biologists Raise Alarm: Brain Damage Caused by Even Small Amounts of Plasticizers

The plasticizers contained in many everyday objects can impair important brain functions in humans. Biologists from the University of Bayreuth warn of this danger in an article in Communications Biology. Their study shows that even small amounts of the plasticizers bisphenol A and bisphenol S disrup

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