Timeline for What's that tangy smell on cheap plastic?
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| Nov 11, 2023 at 1:05 | comment | added | user305883 | This question is still valid. I bought a bagpack to try this Temu this Temu temu.com/se-en and it impregnated clothes and even the room with closed doors. I fear it is toxic. Difficult to describe. It smells a bit acidic, a slightly bit of "rotten eggs", even if that tone is not that strong, but there is an aromatic note. It is hard to stand. It is inside the bag, not outside. So i wonder what the volatile substance is, and if carcinogenic. Bad me that I indulged on try the cheap and I contributed to pollution, but first time ever I smell something like this. | |
| Feb 26, 2019 at 6:54 | comment | added | marcolopes | dynamics.org/CHINA_PLASTIC | |
| Aug 13, 2014 at 17:39 | comment | added | gcb | if anyone have a gaschromatograph or other relevant equipment i'm willing to send a big sample. The hobby electronic jumper cables i got from amazon are still going strong with the smell! years later! also, all the item reviews mention the overpowering smell, so i think i don't even have to send the sample myself, i can just buy a new one and tell amazon to deliver it to you/your lab. | |
| Dec 18, 2012 at 8:08 | vote | accept | gcb | ||
| Dec 2, 2012 at 9:35 | comment | added | AlexBottoni | Well, in the case of violin case, they suspect tetrachloroethylene, that is a chlorinated compound. In other cases (Samsonite), they suspect polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) (no chlorine...) that are totally different compounds. It is not easy to tell for sure what the source of a smell can be without a professional analysis. Please note that both these compounds are banned (as residuals in commercial products) in EU and in Italy (where I live) since the mid '80s. BTW: the current fashion here seems to be to add some cheap orange flavour to plastic to cover other smells. | |
| Dec 1, 2012 at 23:46 | comment | added | gcb | I can't believe i'm the only one who knows that smell by heart. it's pretty common on cheap products. you could go to any hardware store and get any cheap screwdriver set and sniff, or you can give your address and i can send a sample of my worst offenders (some prototyping board jumper wires that i'm not brave enough to open the bag a second time). edit: changed my search terms, there are more plastic-smelling crazy ppl out there dynamics.org/Altenberg/CURRENT_AFFAIRS/CHINA_PLASTIC :) | |
| Dec 1, 2012 at 16:43 | history | edited | ManishEarth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 1, 2012 at 15:25 | history | answered | AlexBottoni | CC BY-SA 3.0 |