Since I’m not sure how many people read the comments that have been left…a journalist, Tony, has left a couple of responses to my blog posts on phthalates, and I feel like this may be the way to reach the most people. So anyway…
I’m certainly not trying to spread hysteria, but trying to help people [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Phthalates’
June 8, 2007
Response to Phthalates
June 8, 2007
Phthalates and Hormones
There was a comment on my earlier phthalate post. The reader stated that phthalates do not mimic estrogen and that studies with lab animals show that this is not the case. Well, there is plenty of research proposing the exact opposite.
I guess I wasn’t totally accurate. Phthalates mimic oestrogen, therefore causing ‘feminization’ of newborns. Phthalates [...]
June 5, 2007
Phthalates!
That is such a fun word to say…phthalates. Thay-lates.
In response to one of my readers who quoted the American Plastics Council who said that food packaging, water bottles, and the like contain NO phthalates whatsoever…I did some research! The APC (and other supporting ‘councils’) said that PET is used in food packaging [...]
