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Replacing hazardous resin with 3D printing to make moulds (Case study).

LUSH company has been manufacturing handmade cosmetics from fresh organic raw materials since the early 1970s in the UK. The Croatian subsidiary was founded in 2005. The company has a national licence to use hazardous chemicals. Epoxy resins are used in mould production. As epoxy resins are highly hazardous, the company decided that it needed to replace it with a less harmful substance- acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) plastics. The substitution can help to prevent long-term chronic health problems that tend to develop in workers who deal with epoxy resin on a daily basis. The production process will become safer and more productive.

safety at work, replacement of dangerous chemicals, occupational health

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