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Safety and Health Issues Associated with Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites in Various Industrial Sectors

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For more than 3000 years, natural fibres are used to reinforce materials generally, or biopolymer composites specifically. Water hyacinth, coir, sisal, oil palm empty fruit bunch, ramie, kenaf, grass reeds, sugarcane (sugar and bamboo), oats, rye, barley, wheat, rice husks, wood fibre, straw, jute are the examples of natural fibres. Hemp, flax, pennywort, kapok, paper-mulberry, Raphia, banana, pineapple leaf, and papyrus are among the types of natural fibres that have been investigated for use in plastics. The natural fibres are advantageous since they have marketing appeal and originate from renewable resources. For example, jute is a common reinforcement in India and have been commercially used in Asian markets for many years. It is increasingly used in many industries such as automotive, packaging materials, textile, agriculture, and also marine activities. The agricultural waste provides the biggest source of natural fibre reinforced biopolymer composites for commercial use. These are associated with the easy availability at a low cost of the natural fibres. Despite all the advantageous stated, this article reviews the health and safety concerns of natural fibre reinforced biopolymer composites.

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This chapter was written with M. D. N. Izzati, M. S. S. Syazwani, K. N. H. Aini, Y. Munirah, and M. Y. N. A. Danisya.

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  1. Advanced Engineering Materials and Composites Research Centre, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia,, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    S. M. Sapuan

  2. School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

    R. A. Ilyas

  3. Department of Aerospace Engineering,, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    M. R. M. Asyraf

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Sapuan, S.M., Ilyas, R.A., Asyraf, M.R.M. (2022). Safety and Health Issues Associated with Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites in Various Industrial Sectors. In: Safety and Health in Composite Industry. Composites Science and Technology . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6136-5_10

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