• Isha M. Joshi
• Shailesh G. Jawarkar
• Pratik S. Jadhao
• Pratiksha P. Yawalkar

The packaging business is that the largest and growing shopper of artificial plastics derived from fossil fuels. tho' plastics serve their meant purpose, an outsized proportion finishes up within the atmosphere wherever they persist for hundreds of years. Food and care pharmaceutical packaging plastics account for the majority of plastic waste that area unit polluting the atmosphere. Not solely this, however conjointly the wide used plasticiser Di-Octyl Phthalate(DOP) that renders poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) soft and malleable will migrate among the fabric and leach out of it over time, ending up within the atmosphere and, frequently, the organic structure. DOP has come back underneath exaggerated scrutiny as its breakdown product area unit believed to be endocrine disruptors and additional noxious than DOP itself. DOP and its breakdown product are known as omnipresent environmental contaminants, and daily human exposure is calculable to be within the metric weight unit per kilogram level. mortals area unit typically exposed to DOP through drinking water, packaged food. Exposure to DOP conjointly happens in hospital environments, wherever DOP leaches directly into liquids that capable PVC/DOP conduit and instrumentality. The latter exposure is at significantly higher levels compared to food and drinking water, specifically putt patients with chronic diseases in danger. This encourages the necessity for different packaging materials therefore avoiding plastic.

Plasticizer, leaching, health hazards, DOP

"An Urge to Ban the Plasticizer DOP from Pharmaceutical Industries and Health Sector", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no.c209-c221, May-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2205233.pdf

"An Urge to Ban the Plasticizer DOP from Pharmaceutical Industries and Health Sector", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no. ppc209-c221, May-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2205233.pdf