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Epoxy Resin Toxicity: Can Dried Pattex Repair Epoxy Glue Safely Contact Food?

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  • #1 13090463
    Michaił_Białkov
    Level 1  
    Hello,
    can dried epoxy come into contact with food? I can't find any information on this subject anywhere, I just know that one of the ingredients is toxic, the LD50 for the rat is over 2g / kg, which is quite a lot.

    I mean Pattex repair epoxy glue.
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  • #2 13090507
    0ceanborn
    Level 25  
    I do not know exactly, but the ones I used said that they must not come into contact with food and, in general, that they were toxic and you have to wash your hands, and preferably not to touch your hands at all.
    The very word resin does not mean something toxic to me, but hardeners are very toxic.
    If the glue is to come into contact with food, the manufacturer would definitely show it on the label, but if there is nothing like this, it cannot be used for it. You can't figure anything out here.
    Sometimes it is enough to enter a few words into google and see what I found:
    http://www.conrad.pl/Klej-strukturalny-epoksy...o%C5%9Bci%C4%85.htm?websale8=conrad&pi=890653
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  • #3 13091161
    telecaster1951
    VIP Meritorious for electroda.pl
    It depends on what a given producer uses as a cross-linking agent and what is the structure of the mer. In general, the epoxide polymer itself is almost always toxic, but should not exhibit these properties when cross-linked. Of course, we do not know the ingredients and we do not know what the producer uses for cross-linking (and the cross-linking agent may remain unreacted in the structure), so I would only use adhesives that are approved for contact with food.
  • #4 13104881
    _jta_
    Electronics specialist
    Much still depends on how this resin is used and what foods come into contact with it. If we glue a plate-sized object with resin, the joint will contain a few milligrams of hardener; considering that food only comes into contact with a thin layer on the surface, the amount that can penetrate into it is much smaller - tens of thousands of times less than is needed to poison a rat. However, if we cover a large surface with epoxy resin, the amount of hardener "available" for contact with food will be thousands of times greater. In addition, most food products can only have surface contact with the resin, but some may contain ingredients that will penetrate deeper and "pull out" something toxic. Therefore, the food contact approval should specify both the method of application of the adhesive (e.g. no restrictions, or only the joints), and the type of food (all or e.g. all except fats ...).

    Perhaps, if we have a joint and a non-fat food, very little of the toxic substance can penetrate into the food; there is also the question of whether this substance is removed or destroyed by the body, or remains in it - in the latter case, even small doses accumulate and can be dangerous if eating food that has previously come into contact with such resin is systematic.
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