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Methacrylate monomers are produced for use as building blocks to make a wide range of polymer-based products that we see and use every day from glass, car paints, toners and inks, oil additives to dental and medical products to name but a few. The liquid monomers are classified as hazardous (skin irritant and sensitizing and, in some cases, highly flammable) but have been handled safely, with the safety measures in place, by industry and professionals for over 60 years. These methacrylate-based polymers are of low concern to human health and the environment and can readily be recycled.

For more information about Human Health, see the following:

Skin Sensitization

Asthma

Respiratory Irritation

Reproductive & Developmental Effects

Carcinogenicity

Genotoxicity