Prolonged Psychological Fear Based on Unfounded/Distorted Claims:

(DEHP/DINP/DIDP) Phthalate Plasticizers - a.k.a. The Great Baby Toy Scare

Di-2-EthylHexyl Phthalate (DEHP)

Di-IsoNonyl Phthalate (DINP)

Di-IsoDecyl Phthalate (DIDP)

• Time to Stop Fear-Mongering Toy Campaign says Industry
• The Sad Truth About Greenpeace
• Soft Plastics, Softer Science
• DEHP - One of the World's Most Commonly Used Plasticisers
• Hostages in the War Against "Chemicals"
• Potshots from the Purveyors of Plasticizer Panic
• Precaution or Arbitrariness? Plasticizers in Political Crossfire
• Did You Know?
• What You Read in the Media vs. What the Science Says
• Phthalate Risk Assessment
• Controversial Chemicals: Phthalates
• Myth Busters
• Putting Public Health Risks in Proper Perspective
• PVC Toy Scare: Manufacturing Danger
• Top Ten Unfounded Health Scares of 2007 (#7 Rubber Ducks Are Toxic [Phthalates Endanger Children])
• Dishonest or Stupid? Either Way, PBS' NOW is a Journalistic Disgrace
• The Los Angeles Times, Perez Hilton, Fishing Monkeys, Toxic Shower Curtains, and the Future of Journalism
• Greenpeace Urges Americans to Lie to Congress
• The Top 10 Unfounded Health Scares of 2008
• Rodent Study Scares on Endocrine Disruptors do not pan out for Humans
• Mount Sinai's Scare Campaign (and John Stossel's reaction)
• Phthalate Risks, Phthalate Regulation, and Public Health
• The Truth About Phthalates
• The Harvard School of (Unscientific) Public Health (Activism)
• The Truth about Chemicals

The Science

• A Scientific Evaluation of Health Effects of Two Plasticizers Used in Medical Devices and Toys: A Report from the American Council on Science and Health (DEHP/DINP)
• NTP-CERHR Expert Panel Report on the Di Isononyl Phthalate (DINP)
• NTP-CERHR Expert Panel Report on the Di (2-Ethylhexyl) Phthalate (DEHP)
• NTP-CERHR Expert Panel Update on the Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity of Di (2-Ethylhexyl) Phthalate (DEHP)
• NTP-CERHR Monograph on the Potential Human Reproductive and Developmental Effects of Di (2-Ethylhexyl) Phthalate (DEHP)
• NTP-CERHR Expert Panel Report on the Di Isodecyl Phthalate (DIDP)
• NTP-CERHR Monograph on the Potential Human Reproductive and Developmental Effects of Di-Isodecyl Phthalate (DIDP)
• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Ruling on DINP
• European Commission Institute for Health and Consumer Protection - Summary Risk Assessment Report on DIDP

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