{"id":1837,"date":"2010-05-05T17:07:16","date_gmt":"2010-05-05T22:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/knowledge\/?p=1837"},"modified":"2018-02-09T14:10:30","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T20:10:30","slug":"designing-safety-plastics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/1837\/designing-safety-plastics\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing for Safety in Plastics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1954\" src=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/media\/2010\/05\/Capture1-300x233.png\" alt=\"Capture\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Capture1-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Capture1-1024x795.png 1024w, https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Capture1.png 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Recorded May 5th,\u00a02010<br 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