Risk Management for Phthalates | US EPA
This notice allows EPA the opportunity to evaluate the intended use and, if necessary, to prohibit or limit that activity. October 23, 2014: EPA updated its list of Work Plan chemicals for assessment by adding a group of phthalates, among other chemicals, for evaluation. The update reflects new data on chemical releases and potential exposures.
Phthalates Factsheet | National Biomonitoring Program | CDC
Phthalates are a group of chemicals used to make plastics more durable. They are often called plasticizers. Some phthalates are used to help dissolve other materials. Phthalates are in hundreds of products, such as vinyl flooring, lubricating oils, and personal-care products (soaps, shampoos, hair sprays).
Phthalates in Food Packaging and Food Contact Applications
Phthalates in Food Packaging and Food Contact Applications Ortho -phthalates, often referred to as “phthalates,” are chemicals used in plastic products (most commonly in the specific type of...
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Phthalates and replacement plasticizers are chemicals used to make plastics soft and can migrate out of plastics into the food, which is ingested. Some sources of plastics include food handling gloves, industrial tubing, food conveyor belts and the outer packaging used to wrap fast food meals available in restaurants.
Why phthalates should be banned in consumer products - News
Phthalates are also used in many personal care products such as colognes, perfumes, soaps, and shampoos, in the coatings of some medications, and in vinyl tubing used for food processing. I would estimate that phthalates are used in many hundreds if not thousands of different products.
- Do plasticizers contain phthalates?
- This study addresses the gap by providing a comprehensive overview of the occurrence and key transport parameters of the most reported plasticizers, including 10 phthalates and 14 alternative plasticizers. The plasticizer content in source materials was found to range up to 27.6 wt%.
- How are phthalates and alternative plasticizers classified?
- Based on the classifications of plasticizers, the total concentrations of phthalates and alternative plasticizers were summed separately for source, gas, particle and dust phases. The data were further categorized by continent and sampled years to explore variation trends.
- Are alternative plasticizers more dangerous than phthalates?
- In contrast to phthalates, alternative plasticizers were reported less frequently and had lower dust-phase concentrations , . DINCH and DEHT were the top two alternative plasticizers of concern due to their high detection rates (see the dust sheet of Supplementary Material B for details).
- Can phthalates and alternative plasticizers be quantified in indoor dust?
- Numerous field studies have been conducted to determine the indoor concentrations of phthalates and alternative plasticizers quantitatively. Among these studies, research on the quantification of plasticizers in indoor dust is more prevalent than research on gas and airborne particle phases.
- Why do phthalates and alternative plasticizers have different mass-transfer characteristics?
- As SVOCs have significant partition capacities on gas-solid interfaces, phthalates and alternative plasticizers exhibit mass-transfer characteristics that differ from other pollutants, such as volatile organic compounds and nanoparticles, which have smaller and larger molecular weights, respectively.
- What are phthalates and how do they work?
- Phthalates are a large class of organic molecules of the family of plasticizers, agents that intercalate in the chemical structure of macromolecules such as PVC which give the material the typical properties of the plastic substances.
