%
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2025-08-14 06:27
230
For the Second Quarter of 2022
≥105
Amount: if too little titanium dioxide is added, the distance between particles is too large and there is not enough opacity, while if the titanium content is too high, the particles interfere with each other and poor efficiency is obtained.
This classification was given, as some animal studies found that inhaling titanium dioxide dust might cause the development of lung tumors. However, IARC concluded that food products containing this additive do not pose this risk (11).
Lithopone has therefore traditionally been used in stoppers and putties, jointing compounds and sealing compounds, primers and undercoats and in road-marking paints.