More than a dozen uses of two common phthalates—diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) and dibutyl phthalate (DBP)—pose health risks to workers from inhalation exposure, the US Environmental Protection ...

PHTHALATES ARE OFTEN referred to as the “everywhere chemicals.” That’s because they’re found in so many different products that you probably use every day. “Everything from vinyl ...

Daily exposure to just one type of phthalate could be linked to more than 365,000 deaths worldwide from heart disease in 2018 alone, researchers reported today in the journal The Lancet.

One way phthalates may do this is by increasing oxidative stress — cell and tissue damage that happens when there are too many unstable molecules in the body — and by promoting inflammation ...

To help address growing levels of arsenic in rice, study researchers suggested that scientists explore new plant breeding techniques, soil management methods and other agricultural measures. For ...

“Phthalates and phenols act as endocrine-disrupting chemicals that can interfere with hormonal pathways critical for a healthy pregnancy,” Misa Hayasaka, MD, of the Department of Obstetrics ...

Phthalates — the synthetic chemicals used in everyday products for food packaging, personal care, toys and more — have been linked to abnormal neurological development in infants.

Phthalates with a high molecular weight have seven or more carbon atoms. The study did not measure DIDP (diisodecyl) and DINP (diisononyl phthalate), but some of phthalates identified in the study ...

Phthalates have been linked with abnormal newborn brain development, and a new study has identified a potential reason why.

Industry’s phthalates gamble is paying off EPA finds DIDP, DINP are mostly safe as it reevaluates others in the class by Britt E. Erickson ...