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...

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

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...

Concentration and health risk assessment of phthalate esters in indoor dust- A case study on pre-elementary and elementary schools of city of Tehran, Iran

Background & Objective: Individuals spend a lot of time indoors; thus they are generally exposed to phthalates used in consumer products. Therefore, those exposed to phthalates as indoor contaminants are at high risks. Therefore, the present study was performed to evaluate the carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic hazard of phthalate esters (PAEs) in the indoor dust collected from 9 pre-elementary ...