It looks as though acrylic acid's going to be in short supply, as a fire at one of the main producers - naturally, in Japan - could soon be raising a more or less global stink:
Nippon Shokubai is one of the world's biggest makers of acrylic acid, the main ingredient of a resin called SAP, which is used in diapers.
Yep, your Huggies™ and Depends™ are likely to become a lot harder to find - and more expensive.
