The researchers then tested the phthalate concentrations in the foods fed to the participants.

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In preparation for the federal ban, manufacturers have been reformulating baby rattles and plastic toys with phthalate substitutes.

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Exxon Mobil spokesman Chris Welberry says the phthalate the company makes is safe, so there's no need for the new law or the provision.

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Precautionary concerns prompted the Australian government to undertake yet another review released just last year of the most common high phthalate plasticizer, DINP.

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Bizarrely, the new organic diet substantially increased exposure to one type of phthalate, DEHP, suggesting the study was probably contaminated, raising questions about all the data and its conclusions.

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In a 2010 laboratory study commissioned by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and analyzed by the Environmental Working Group, 17 popular fragrances were found to contain an average of 14 not-listed chemicals, including things like diethyl phthalate (DEP), which the Center for Disease Control has found in 97 percent of Americans and which has been linked to various developmental issues.

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