by Peter M. Galland, Industry Manager for Regulated Compounds, Teknor Apex Company While phthalate esters such as DEHP are the most widely used plasticizers for flexible PVC medical compounds and have been for fifty years, issues concerning their possible effects on human health have caused some device manufacturers to consider compounds containing alternative plasticizers. Sometimes
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