Plasticizers & Phthalates

• Bill to Ban Chemical in Plastic Toys is Rejected: Assembly could vote again on phthalates in baby, toddler products -  Sacramento Bee

• CA Legislation: AB 319, as amended, Chan. Phthalates and bisphenol–A in children’s products. California Legislature—2005–06 Regular Session 16mar2005

• Get Plastic Out Of Your Diet Paul Goettlich / Living Nutrition 16nov03

• Introduction to Phthalates

• Phthalate-induced Leydig cell hyperplasia is associated with multiple endocrine disturbances - PNAS 8jan04

• Phthalates, Alkylphenols, Pesticides, Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers, and Other Endocrine-Disrupting Compounds in Indoor Air and Dust - Env. Sci. Tech 13sep03

• Propylene Glycol - NTP-CERHR expert panel on the reproductive and developmental toxicity of propylene glycol - The Center For The Evaluation Of Risks To Human Reproduction May 2003

• Phthalates Linked to Sperm Damage - Reuters 10dec02

• US Cosmetics Panel OKs Phthalates  - Reuters 20nov02

• Health Impacts of Toxins in Polymer Clays -  [Executive Summary and References] VPIRG Jul02

• Reproducibility of Urinary Phthalate Metabolites in First Morning Urine Samples - Environmental Health Perspectives May02

• Leading Baby Bottle manufacturer says Bisphenol-A not a Danger - John Peterson Myers 2apr02

• Association between Biomarker-Based Exposure Estimates for Phthalates and Demographic Factors in a Human Reference Population - Environmental Health Perspectives Apr02

• CDC Finds Phthalates in Americans What's your poison? - The Economist (UK) 31mar01

• Phthalates as Measured in Human Urine - National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals CDC National Center for Environmental Health 21mar01

• Phthalate Metabolites in a Human Reference Population  - Environmental Health Perspectives Oct00

• Phthalate Esters in the Serum of Young Puerto Rican Girls with Premature Breast Development - EHP Sep00

• Troubling chemicals detected in people  -  Hartford Courant 26aug00

• National Toxicology Program Review of Phthalates - NTP 14jun00

• Estrogenic Activity of Phthalate Esters In Vitro  - EHP  Aug97

• BPA: See Monomers for Bisphenol-A (BPA) and others

• Phthalates and Demographics: The Association between Biomarker-Based Exposure Estimates for Phthalates and Demographic Factors in a Human Reference  -   (excerpts) Environmental Health Perspectives Apr02

• BBP · Developmental and testicular toxicity of butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP) - RIVaM 1999

• DBP · Researchers Release DBP Warning: Used in Many Cosmetics  -  Soap & Cosmetics Mar/Apr01

• DBP · Dibutyl Phthalate as an Endocrine Disruptor on Gonadal Sex Differentiation of Genetic Males of the Frog Rana rugosa  - EHP Dec00

• DBP · Dibutyl Phthalate - National Toxicology Program Report n.30 Mar95

• DEHP  In Utero Exposure to Di-(2-ethyhexyl)-Phthalate and Human Pregnancy Duration - Environmental Health Perspectives 18aug03

  • Judge Peels Off DEHP Cancer Warning Label at a Cost of $6 Million - The National Law Journal 21nov02

  • For Top Medical Supply Buyers Reduce PVC, DEHP, and Mercury - ENS 19nov02

  • Medical Plastics Pose Health Risk USA Today 16jul02

  • Health Canada Expert Advisory Panel on DEHP in Medical Devices - Final Report 11jan02

    • Canadian Report Voices Concern Over PVC Plasticizer - Additives for Polymers v.2002, n.3, Mar02

  • DOP,  Di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate: Reasonably Anticipated Carcinogen -  EHIS 9th Report on Carcinogens Revised Jan01

  • Plastics Softener called Risky by FDA  - AP 5sep01

  • Potential Hazards of Exposure to Di-(2-Ethylhexyl)-Phthalate in Babies  - Biology of Neonate 2000

  • Abnormalities of Sexual Development in Male Rats - Environmental Health Perspectives v.109, n.3, Mar01

  • Critically Ill Infants Most at Risk From Plastic Softener used in PVC  - ENS 23oct00

  • The Use of Di-2-Ethylhexyl Phthalate in PVC Medical Devices: Exposure, Toxicity, and Alternatives Joel Tickner / Lowell Center for Sustainable Production

• DINP · Consumer Product Safety Commission Allows Use of Phthalates in Toys While EU Seeks Bans - Chemical and Engineering News 3mar03

  • Diisononyl phthalate Chemical Category Proposed for TRI List - EPA Press Release 7sep00

• DNOP · Di-n-octylphthalate (DnOP)  - ATSDR Sep97

• DOP/DOA: Plasticizers Increase Adhesion of the Deteriogenic Fungus Aureobasidium pullulans to Polyvinyl Chloride J.S. WEBB et al / Applied and Environmental Microbiology 1aug1999

• NP · Nonylphenol - migration, toxicity, regulations

• Industry Front Group Declares Phthalates Safe  - ACSH Press Release 22jun99

• Baby Bottle & Teether Alert: New Findings about Plastics Consumer Reports Special Report 21apr99

• Hormone Mimics: They're in Our Food; Should We Worry? (includes study of wraps)  Consumer Reports Jun98

From Industry

• Critical Considerations in the Development of Blood Bags and Platelet Storage Bags Medical Plastics Data Service 14apr02