Timeline for What's that tangy smell on cheap plastic?
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| Feb 26, 2019 at 6:54 | comment | added | marcolopes | dynamics.org/CHINA_PLASTIC | |
| Feb 26, 2019 at 6:45 | comment | added | marcolopes | I know exactly what you mean! I have several products that came from china that have that exact same smell. It's very distinctive. I find myself smelling many things i buy (cases, pads, etc) and not buying or returning some of them. Recently i bought an WD ELEMENTS 4TB external hard drive and... surprise!!!! i immediately noticed the the smell on the plastic CASE!!!! Really? Even "quality" products now smell like TOXIC plastic? I believe this is due to inferior manufacturing, probably to save costs. There is no other explanation... Now, i'm i going to return an external drive because of smell? | |
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| Sep 21, 2015 at 22:09 | history | edited | M.A.R. |
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| S May 22, 2015 at 0:59 | history | suggested | user10259 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 11, 2014 at 16:39 | comment | added | MSalters | Code 2 is HDPE (High Density Polyethylene). Its monomer, ethylene is not odorless. | |
| Sep 7, 2013 at 6:59 | comment | added | user2264 | I notice a strong plasticky smell, which I can immediately recognize in many plastic grocery bags, which I've checked and are usually number 2 recycle bags. Also, I noticed that Walmart and Fresh and Easy grocery stores both had higher quality number 2 recycle code plastic grocery bags, which didn't smell...but Fresh and Easy just recently replaced theirs with slightly lighter colored brown, cheaper, smelly plastic bags. | |
| Dec 18, 2012 at 8:08 | vote | accept | gcb | ||
| Dec 1, 2012 at 23:49 | history | edited | gcb | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 1, 2012 at 15:25 | answer | added | AlexBottoni | timeline score: 14 | |
| Dec 1, 2012 at 7:45 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackChemistry/status/274781166639390720 | ||
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| Nov 30, 2012 at 21:12 | history | asked | gcb | CC BY-SA 3.0 |