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Contact: Rabea Kapschak rkapschak@wiley.com 49-062-016-06533 Wiley-Blackwell Mineral oil contamination in humans: A health problem From a quantitative standpoint, mineral oil is probably the largest contaminant of our body. That this contaminant can be tolerated without health concerns in humans has not been proven convincingly. The current Editorial of the European Journal of Lipid Science and…

An Introduction to Polymeric Materials for Medical Devices By Eric R. George, Ph.D., of ERG Polymers LLC This short review serves as an introduction to the utility of polymeric materials employed in healthcare and medical devices (MD). Some terminology and nomenclature used to commonly describe polymers are discussed as well as a process for material selection. Polymer structure and chemistry as related to specific MD application requirements are introduced. Polymers are macromolecules that ran...