Silicones in the News

SEHSC - Silicones Evironmental, Health, and Safety Council of North America
Silicone Uses

Household products
Bakeware and cookware are more sturdy, convenient, easy to use and long-lasting when made with silicone rubber. The flexible, non-stick surface is easy to clean and does not impart any flavor or odor to the food. Cake pans, muffin molds, and baking mats can go from the freezer to the oven, microwave or dishwasher without affecting the quality of the product or the food.

Silicones are ideal ingredients of household polishes and cleaners for floors and countertops. They enhance shine, spread easily and do not chemically react with surface materials.

Silicones in fabric softeners help preserve "newness" because of their softening properties. Silicones' elasticity helps smooth out wrinkles. As anti-foams in laundry detergents, silicones ensure foam control during a wash cycle.

* "Silicones in Parking Structures” reprinted with the permission of PARKING March 2006, the magazine of the National Parking Association (NPA), 1112 16th St., NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC, 20036. www.npapark.org