Abstract: A packaged potable liquid, such as bottled water, wherein the liquid has little or no plastic off-taste. The packaged liquid includes a closure wherein the closure shell or the liner within the closure comprises a plastic matrix and an organic slip agent dispersed in the plastic matrix, the slip agent being substantially fully ethylenically saturated and the closure or the liner being substantially free of an ethylenically unsaturated compound. The packaged liquid also includes a container which is desirably substantially free of an ethylenically unsaturated compound.

Abstract: A closure sealant composition is suitable for sealing a lid to a container. The closure sealant composition comprises (a) a resin constituent selected from the group consisting of a polymeric resin and a blend of polymeric resins; and (b) at least one additive constituent selected from the group consisting of behenamide, a cyclodextrine and a plurality of cyclodextrines. The closure sealant composition preferably comprises 0.5 wt % to 5 wt % behenamide. The closure sealant composition can also comprise glycerol monostearate. The resin can comprise polyolefin, such as metallocene or ethylene vinyl acetate, as well as rubber.

Abstract: Flame retardant low smoke PVC-based thermoplastic compositions for use in wire insulation and cable jacketing. The compositions include poly(vinyl chloride), an additional chlorinated resin, tribasic lead sulfate, a molybdenum-containing smoke suppressing material, alumina trihydrate, a brominated aromatic ester plasticizer, at least one additional plasticizer, and at least one lubricant.