Reichelt Chemietechnik Magazine

Dr. Florian Hinderer

Florian Hinderer studied chemistry at the University of Heidelberg and then completed his doctorate at the University of Bonn in the field of organic electronics. He has been working in the paints and coatings industry since 2016, focusing on the development of functional coatings. He has been writing articles for our online magazine since 2018 and has also published a textbook on UV/Vis and fluorescence spectroscopy. In his spare time, he regularly goes jogging and plays the guitar and piano.

Plasticizers in Everyday Life and Their Health Effects

Many commercially available plastics are, by nature, hard and brittle at room temperature. Only the addition of special additives, known as plasticizers, enables their processing and use for everyday consumer …