Archive for the 'Phthalates' Category
Stories and/or research dealing with DEP (diethyl phthalate), DMP (dimethyl phthalate) and DBP (dibutyl phthalate).
Published: 12 January 2010
“London Business Green” reports the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) delivered an “unwelcome Christmas gift” to the chemical industry over the holiday period, announcing tough new measures to regulate the use of four chemical groups (including phthalates), and also listing the chemicals industry as one of three sectors that will face more demanding environmental clean-up […]
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Published: 23 December 2009
According to the “Washington Post,” Duke University’s Randy Jirtle is conducting research that might have meaning for many human illnesses, including cancer, Alzheimer’s, and autism. He has made one mouse brown and one yellow by altering their epigenetics in utero through diet. Toxicologists are also studying chemicals in plastics, such as phthalates and bisphenol […]
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Published: 27 November 2009
“Sphere” reports new research shows that chemicals from everyday products contaminate women’s bodies, and that their children enter the world already exposed to known toxics. Nine women from California, Oregon and Washington participated in the first-of-its-kind study and had blood and urine samples taken during their second trimester of pregnancy. The researchers found 13 toxic […]
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Published: 23 October 2009
“Anchorage Daily News” reports a project called the Alaska Community Action on Toxics, sponsored primarily by Physicians for Social Responsibility, tested the blood and urine of 20 doctors and nurses ranging in age from 33 to 85 and found high levels of toxins in many of the participants. The participants were tested for […]
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Published: 31 July 2009
According to the “Associated Press,” a chemical used in many plastic products is suspected of raising the risk of liver problems in premature babies, according to a new study. The small study in a German hospital suggests phthalates, used in some intravenous feeding bags and tubing, may raise preemies’ chances for liver damage. Animal […]
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Published: 24 July 2009
According to the “Bangor Daily News,” the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a list of about 1,700 “chemicals of high concern”— substances that pose a significant risk to human health that also are used in manufacturing common consumer goods. State officials and environmental health […]
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Published: 21 July 2009
According to “New York Times” op-ed columnist Nicholas Kristoff, phthalates, found in plastic bottles, cosmetics, and some toys, are ubiquitous in modern life and many scientists have linked them to everything from sexual deformities in babies to obesity and diabetes. According to Kristoff, “If terrorists were putting phthalates in our drinking water, we would be […]
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Published: 14 July 2009
“The Globe and Mail” reports at least 50 chemicals capable of interfering with hormones is permitted in packaging in the United States and the European Union, a recent study says. The best known of such chemicals are bisphenol A (BPA), which mimics estrogen and is used to make polycarbonate, and phthalates, which are added […]
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Published: 8 July 2009
According to “Environmental Health News,” evidence is mounting that the chemical building blocks that make plastics so versatile are the same components that might harm people and the environment, according to a new compilation of articles authored by more than 60 scientists from around the world. The new report aims to present the first […]
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Published: 7 May 2009
The “Discovery Channel” reports new evidence suggests that plastic water bottles may not be so benign after all as scientists in Germany have found that polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics — the kind used to make water bottles, among many other common products — may also harbor hormone-disrupting chemicals that leach into the water. It […]
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