Phthalates

Exposure to phthalates -- a type of endocrine-disrupting chemical -- was linked with a…

Fathers exposed to chemicals in plastics can affect the metabolic health of their offspring for two generations, a University of California, Riverside, mouse study reports. Plastics, which…

For the first time, scientists at Northwestern Medicine have demonstrated a causal link between environmental phthalates (toxic chemicals found in everyday consumer products) and the…

A joint study by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by the "la Caixa" Foundation, and the Biosanitary Research Institute of Granada (ibs.GRANADA) has…

Pregnant women who were exposed to multiple phthalates during pregnancy had an increased risk of preterm birth, according to new research by the National Institutes of Health. Phthalates are…

Phthalates are commonly used to make products -- including artificial leather, footwear, plastic food packaging, and personal care products -- more flexible or stable. In particular,…

suggests that exposure to medication-associated phthalates may contribute to the development of some childhood cancers, and that minimizing exposure to phthalates may help prevent some…

In a first-of-its-kind study, research from the University of Vermont Cancer Center has linked phthalates, commonly called the "everywhere chemical," to higher incidence of specific…

Phthalates are a ubiquitous family of chemicals that are used every day. In a new study, researchers have investigated how these compounds affect tissue development in the reproductive…

Phthalates -- a class of endocrine-disrupting chemicals commonly found in plastics -- were…