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UMass Epidemiologist Leads Study of Possible Link Between Phthalates, Breast...
Possible Link Between Phthalates and Breast Cancer Risk An epidemiologist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a $1.5 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental...
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Phthalates in Toys
5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Hands the “Phthalates in Toys” Ruling Back to the CPSC U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 5TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS – According to a news brief published on...
View ArticleToys Containing Phthalates Still on Shelves Despite Pending Ban
Some Toys Containing Phthalates Hazards. Some provisions in the recently enacted Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 include a phthalates ban on children’s products, new lead limits,...
View ArticlePhthalates in Hairspray May be Linked to Birth Defects
Phthalates in Hairspray Maybe Linked To Birth Defects. A study in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives is reporting that boys born to women who have been exposed to hairspray in the...
View ArticleCPSC Faces Lawsuit Over Phthalates
Advocacy Groups Sue CPSC Over Phthalates. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is being sued by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Public Citizen, two consumer advocacy groups,...
View ArticleResearch Panel Calls for EPA Assessment of Phthalates
Phthalates Is A Plastic Softening Chemical. A panel of the National Research Council has announced that there is sufficient scientific data to warrant an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
View ArticleGroup Calls for Phthalates Study
Council Wants EPA To Look At Phthalates. A report by the National Research Council is calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to look at phthalates and their effects on human health,...
View ArticlePhthalates Found to Aggravate Skin Allergies in Tests
Dangerous Phthalates Exacerbate Dermatitis. Dangerous, plastic-softening chemicals called phthalates have been found to exacerbate dermatitis in lab tests with mammals. In laboratory tests with...
View ArticleUMass Team to Study Possible Link between Phthalates and Breast Cancer Risk
Probing Whether Phthalates Affect Human Breast Cancer. A three-year $1.5 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences will enable a research team from the University of...
View ArticlePhthalates Under Scrutiny Again As Study Links the Chemical to Lupus in Mice
The chemical compound known as phthalate It has been a rather bad couple of months for the chemical compound known as phthalate. Following closely on the news that the substance has been linked to...
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