Perhaps you have never heard of phthalates, yet they are present in many products and objects that we use every day.
What are phthalates?
They are chemicals that are added to plastics (mainly PVC) to make them more flexible and more moldable.
What are they like?
Odourless and colourless
Where are they?
We find them almost everywhere in everyday items, for example in films, tubes, paints, hairsprays, nail polishes…
How are they absorbed by our body?
By three routes: ingestion, inhalation (it is a volatile product) and contact.
Phthalates are harmful to health if we are exposed to them for prolonged periods.
Sintek products (HDPE, LDPE, PET) are strictly free of these substances! We are committed to making the objects we all use safe on a daily basis and to protecting our health and our environment.
