Before the Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel on Phthalates and Phthalate Substitutes Public Comment Session

Report to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission by the CHRONIC HAZARD ADVISORY PANEL ON PHTHALATES AND PHTHALATE ALTERNATIVES July 2014

Changing Trends in Phthalate Exposures

Two articles in the March 2014 issue of EHP were of particular interest to exposure scien tists and phthalate researchers. The news article by Nicole (2014) emphasized the importance of the vaginal epithelium as an exposure route for chemicals in per­ sonal care products and the general lack of research on this exposure route. However, the article did not mention adult toys as a pos­ sible sour...

Changing Trends in Phthalate Exposures: Zota and Woodruff Respond

Two articles in the March 2014 issue of EHP were of particular interest to exposure scien tists and phthalate researchers. The news article by Nicole (2014) emphasized the importance of the vaginal epithelium as an exposure route for chemicals in per­ sonal care products and the general lack of research on this exposure route. However, the article did not mention adult toys as a pos­ sible sour...

ارزیابی خطر سرطان‌زایی و غیر سرطان‌زایی مواجهه با استرهای فتالات از طریق مصرف آب‌های بطری شده در طول زمان نگهداری

Background and Objectives: Bottles for packaging drinking water represent one of the most popular uses of plastic and polymer additives. Recently, public concerns related to possibility of exposure to chemicals through the consumption of polyethylene terephthalate bottled water has caused great concern to consumers. Phthalate esters, as a class of these compounds, are often classified as endocr...

CPSC Staff Toxicity Review of Two Phthalates and One Phthalate Alternative for Consideration by the Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel - 2011

CPSC staffassf : a product's potential health effects to consumers under the Federal Hazardous Subs . : Act (FHSA). The FHSA is risk-based. To be considered a "hazardous substance" unde! 'SA, a consumer product must satisfy a two-part definition. 15 USC 1262 (f)(1 )(A). First, It must be toxic under the FHSA, or present one of the other hazards enumerated in the statute. Second, it must have th...