Hundreds of everyday items, from furniture to cell phones to floor wax, contain organophosphate ester (OPE) flame retardants and plasticizers. Some of these compounds make their way into the air, onto ...

Cyclists get dinged for finding phthalates in their blood but argue that the chemicals are ubiquitous in all people these days In the race to catch drug cheats, sports officials are turning to more ...

New research shows urinary concentrations of phthalates used as plasticizers are associated with male fertility, reducing fertility by about 20%. “The delays in pregnancy we saw were comparable to ...

Early exposure to BPA (bisphenol A) -- an additive commonly found in plastic water bottles and soup can liners -- causes an increased cancer risk in an animal model of human prostate cancer. Early ...

The plasticizers contained in many everyday objects can impair important brain functions in humans. Biologists from the University of Bayreuth warn of this danger in an article in Communications ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Phthalates and replacement plasticizers, chemicals used in food packaging and processing, were commonly found in ...

A new study published 9th January in PLOS Genetics by Mónica Colaiácovo of Harvard Medical School and colleagues reports that the most commonly used plasticizer, diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), leads ...

SAN DIEGO — A recent study came out about the levels of harmful chemicals in practically everything we eat. CBS 8’s Neda Iranpour spoke with a local researcher who shared her shocking findings about ...

The effects of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) on hepatic function and histology were evaluated in the rhesus monkey undergoing platelet and plasma transfusion. The average cumulative amount infused ...