How to Use plasticizer in a Sentence

plasticizer

noun

• The researchers addressed this by adding a plasticizer.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
• Looking to reduce your exposure to plasticizers in the new year?
  — Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2024
• The type of phthalate found is commonly known as plasticizer, which is meant to make plastic more pliable.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
• The fats or acids in the oily chicken skin and marinades can further increase the migration of plasticizers and other chemicals.
  — Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
• So the combination of plasticizers and dirty bath water creates almost a buffet for the bacteria to enjoy.
  — Doug Criss, CNN, 29 Mar. 2018
• Decades-long campaigns have sought to ban phthalates and plasticizers in children’s toys and furniture, with limited success.
  — Saul Elbein, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2025
• In the case of the crash test dummies, this destabilization allowed ingredients called plasticizers, which are added to make the plastic supple, to pour out.
  — Sarah Everts, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2016
• Many are leaving out plasticizers, phthalates, formaldehyde, chlorine, halogen and heavy metals.
  — Clare Miers, star-telegram, 15 Mar. 2018
• The organization purchases foods at retail outlets and tests them for heavy metals, as well as pesticide residues and plasticizers.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 23 Jan. 2024
• Safety activists have long argued for a federal ban on the use of plasticizers in food packaging and processing, but have been mostly unsuccessful.
  — Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2024
• Some chemicals of concern include estrogens from birth control pills, the plasticizer bisphenol A, and the herbicide atrazine.
  — National Geographic, 3 Feb. 2016
• Last November, a jacket from Temu was found to have phthalate plasticizers, lead and cadmium levels up to hundreds of times over the legal limit.
  — Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 8 Apr. 2025
• The Clean Label Project measures levels of heavy metals, pesticides and plasticizers in food and consumer products.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025
• Celluloid depended on Taiwanese camphor as a solvent and plasticizer.
  — Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2022
• Of those 26 pieces, authorities found seven contained higher amounts of toxins like lead, cadmium and phthalate plasticizers.
  — Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
• Bioplastics instead use carbon extracted from crops like corn or sugarcane, which is then mixed with other chemicals, like plasticizers, found in traditional plastics.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2022
• Moreover, many types of polymers are formulated with additives like plasticizers and stabilizers to enhance their performance.
  — Arlene Blum, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
• Compared to other toxins in the environment like plasticizers and pesticides, outdoor air pollution is the most harmful type based on current evidence causing millions of deaths per year.
  — Matt Fuchs, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
• For instance, plasticizer compounds in PVC cables may leak into the coolant, potentially making the cables stiffer and brittle.
  — Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 13 June 2024
• Among the chemicals identified were benzyl chloride, a compound used in the production of sanitizers and plasticizers that is possibly carcinogenic and can cause harm to the lungs and digestive tract.
  — Claretta Bellamy, NBC news, 12 Feb. 2026
• In addition to glyphosate, testing found some coffees also contained small amounts of phthalates, a plasticizer found in consumer products such as food storage containers, shampoo, makeup, perfume and children’s toys.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025
• This waste contains a variety of substances—including leftover dyes, additives, plasticizers, stabilizers and degradation by-products.
  — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 10 Dec. 2025
• These common plasticizers, used some nail polishes to increase flexibility and in some shampoos and cleansers to carry fragrance, are controversial because of a possible link to disruption of the human endocrine system.
  — Allure, 17 Aug. 2018
• One common class of plasticizers is a group of molecules called phthalates—a category that contains carcinogens—although PVC plastic wrap doesn't contain them anymore.
  — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 12 July 2019
• The other product from Temu that authorities flagged was a jumpsuit, which, according to the government, contained 294 times the legal limit for phthalate plasticizers.
  — Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
• At issue are plasticizers, a chemical that makes plastic more flexible and resilient, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 30 May 2024
• And back in March, a paper by an international team of scientists suggested that astronauts setting up a base on the Moon could use the urea in their urine as a plasticizer to create a concrete-like building material out of lunar soil.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 22 Sep. 2020
• All of the foods the GWU researchers tested contained one or more phthalates or other plasticizer chemicals, according to the study, which received funding from foundations that promote liberal or left-leaning policies.
  — Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2021
• Independent research on beads collected from New Orleans parades has found toxic levels of lead, bromine, arsenic, phthalate plasticizers, halogens, cadmium, chromium, mercury and chlorine on and inside the beads.
  — David Redmon, Smithsonian, 8 Mar. 2017
• These chemicals — including plasticizers called phthalates and flame retardants — have a chance of inducing neurological and reproductive problems, asthma, hormone disruption, and cancer.
  — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025