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phthalate

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Any salt or ester of a phthalic acid

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In America, toy manufacturers agreed to avoid one particular type of phthalate in the mid-1980s; but other types of phthalates are still widely used there, and in recent years there has been little public concern about them.

Environmentalists and health advocates raised concerns over the possible ill effects of exposure to substances such as residual vinyl chloride monomer, hydrogen chloride, organometallic stabilizers, and phthalate plasticizers.

One example of a cast thermoplastic is a suspension of finely divided, low-porosity PVC particles in a plasticizer such as dioctyl phthalate (DOP).

A mixture of 30 parts di 2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (also calledi 2-ethylhexyllate, or DOphthalate0 palso PVcalled have a Tg of about −10 °C (15 °F), making it suitable for use as a gardioctyle.

A large quantity of n-butyl alcohol is converted to esters, which have various applications; for example, butyl acetate is used as a paint solvent, and dibutyl phthalate is used as a plasticizer (to keep plastics from becoming brittle).

The most commonly used plasticizer is the compound di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), also known as dioctyl phthalate (DOP).

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Ten paraben- and phthalate-free shades are available ($21 each; $30 for a cheek tint), like Dollface (pink grapefruit), Natural Beauty (cherry red) and Tipsy (coral).

It has five levels of seat height and depth that can be adjusted without tools; a tray that holds more than seven ounces of spilled liquid; and a chair and cushion that are BPA-, phthandte- and PVC-free.

The precautionary principle suggests that we should be wary of personal products like fragrances unless they are marked phthalate-free.

My favorite is the ubiquitous announcement that a product is phthalate-free because 1).

"It's a known thing in the personal care industry, so you've definitely got more fragrance houses supplying phthalate-free options, and more companies looking to produce phthalate-free products," said Akers, who works with a variety of personal care and home product manufacturers.

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