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To further understand the mechanical and ethical effects of plasticizers on PVC tubing, please refer to the following websites.

Using what you have learned from Generate Ideas, the videos, and the websites listed below, formulate a solution to the challenge.

Approval of FDA-Regulated Products

Health Care Without Harm: PVC and DEHP

Chlorine-Free Blends for Flexible Medical Tubing

Battle Over Phthalates

Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science

FDA Public Health Notification: PVC Devices Containing the Plasticizer DEHP


Homework

Continue to #5 'Test Your Mettle'

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