DINH-copper

Phthalates was a chemical that was used to create plastic and make it soft and flexible. We use the chemical, DINCH, because studies showed that the chemical Phthalates, was bad for you. Phthalates has been shown to affect male reproduction because of the chemicals that leak out from the plastic. DINCH hasn't been banned, which is a reason they have started to use DINCH.
 * Background:**

The products found in this new chemical, are the same as Phthalates just safer. The positives about this are that it is thought to be safter than Phthalates. Because of this reason, people are told to steer away from the chemical Phthalates and stick to DINCH. They can't really determine yet if this chemical is bad for you or not, but so far it's okay to use.

http://www.pollutioninpeople.org/toxics/labels or di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate or Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate || used as a softener in PVC products, such as IV bags, tub in g, and other medical devices || or benzylbutyl phthalate || used in v in yl floor in g, car-care products, and personal care products || or di-n-butyl phthalate || used in nail polish and other personal care products
 * **Phthalate names** || **commonly used in ** ||
 * DEHP
 * BzBP
 * DBP

|| or diethyl phthalate
 * DEP

|| used in personal care products, such as deodorants, perfume, cologne, aftershave lotion, shampoo, hair gel, [|hand lotion] || or dimethyl phthalate || used in in sect repellent, plastics, and solid rocket propellant ||
 * DMP

DINCH is a substance built off of Phthalates. Phthalates was used to make soft rubber toys for kids. When kids are young, they put their toys in their mouth. Young kids like to chew on rubber toys because their other senses are still developing. Phthalates was just recently banned a few days before February 12, 2009. The thing is, it isn’t a full ban, because the product is still used just not in kids chew toys. DINCH has just recently been made as a substitute for Phthalates so they haven’t really discovered any problems yet. Phthalates is known to effect infant boys reproductive system, and effect lab animals reproductive system. Just because they don’t have any evidence of dangers with using DINCH now, doesn’t mean they won’t find anything in the future. http://www.omnexus.com/documents/nonindexables/campaigns/survey/326/images/hexamollDINCH_make-up.gif
 * Human Health and Environment:**

As of today, their aren’t many health effects to be found on DINCH. Since DINCH is a substitute of Phthalates, in the future, they might find health effects caused by DINCH. If this chemical gets on clothing, remove contaminated clothing. If inhaled, you should try to get some fresh air and if difficulty with breathing occurs, seek medical attention. If contact with skin, wash with soap and water. If DINCH gets in your eyes, run eyes under water with eyelids open for at least 15 minutes. When disposing DINCH, do it in a safe manner. Don’t pour the chemical down the drain because it can infect our drinking water. You need to “pick it up” with a suitable absorbent material.

Dinch is a colorless, clear liquid with not a very noticeable odor. DINCH is soluble in the usual organic solvents. It is almost insoluble in water. DINCH is synthesized because it is not a pure element. It needs to have other chemicals that help create it. Since the chemical, DINCH is new, I could not find the synthesis or the process. Since this new chemical is a substitute for Phthalates the synthesis could have some similarities.
 * Synthesis/Production and Economic/Political:**

If DINCH were to be banned, their could be a major crisis in profit with toy selling in my opinion. I would think they would either need to find a new chemical to substitute in for both DINCH and Phthalates, or toys would stop being sold. If DINCH were to be banned like Phthalates we could end up without the soft plastic that is used to create children toys. The world wide sells for DINCH now are Europe and Asia. Imports for this product are the USA, Canada, and Japan as well as other countries. The annual sale for this product is 300 million. In Europe, this new product is used for packaging. If this new chemical were to be banned, I think it would effect everyone a great deal. Toys would probably stop being produced and how would everyone entertain their kids without toys? As of right now there is nothing to worry about with this new chemical so I don’t think their will be a ban anytime soon or if their will even be one.

For the background, it was basically just describing what your chemical was. My chemical that I had to do research for was DINCH. DINCH is a new chemical used to substitute for Phthalates. Phthalates was a chemical that was banned not to long ago because of health hazards that were recently discovered. Phthalates is a chemical used to create plastic, making it soft and flexible. A chemical used in little kid toys. Their have not yet been any signs of health hazards from this new chemical which is why they have been using it instead of Phthalates. DINCH, which is a substance built of off Phthalates, has not been found to be harmful. That doesn’t mean that in the future there is a guarantee that their will be no health hazards. As of right now it is okay to be used. When disposing of this chemical, you need to do it in a safe manner. Do not pour it down the sink because it can effect our drinking water. DINCH is a colorless, clear liquid with not a very noticeable odor. I could not find anything on the synthesis because of it being a new chemical. The annual sale for this product is 300 million. The world wide sell now are in Europe and Asia. I think this chemical is good. Their hasn’t been any discoveries of it being bad for your health, and it seems to be safe enough to be used. Unlike, Phthalates, which was known to effect male reproductive system especially in infant males, their seems to be no problems with DINCH as of right now. In the future if they do find that there are health hazards with this chemical, then we should stop using it. I’d rather people be safe and look out for the health of children and other people. As of right now I don’t think there is any need to ban this product.
 * Abstract:**

It will cost money to produce this chemical because you need to purchase it to create the toys it is used in. The benefits of this product is that their have bee no health effects found yet so there is no reason for it to be banned. Other than, Phthalates, which has many health hazards. I don’t think their should be any actions taken until there is a need to consider it.
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