During the past two decades human exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates such as
di-iso-butyl phthalate (DiBP), di-n-butyl phthalate (DnBP), butylbenzyl phthalate (BBzP) and …

Over the last twenty-five years it has become evident that exposure to several phthalates can
have adverse effects on human health, such as endocrine disruption. This led to a series of …

Around the world humans use products that contain phthalates, and human exposure to
certain of these phthalates has been associated with various adverse health effects. The aim …

Some phthalates, parabens and phenols have shown adverse endocrine disrupting effects
in animal studies and are also suspected to be involved in human reproductive problems …

Phthalates are a class of chemicals widely used as plasticisers in a multitude of common
consumer products. Through contact with such products, people are regularly exposed to …

Abstract The German Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB) continuously collects 24-h urine
samples since the early 1980s in Germany. In this study we analyzed 300 urine samples …

BACKGROUND: Phthalates are a group of chemicals with widespread use in the industrial
production of numerous consumer products. They are suspected to be involved in male …

During the population representative German Environmental Survey of Children and
Adolescents (GerES V, 2014–2017) 2256 first-morning void urine samples from 3 to 17 …

Phthalates like di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) are commonly used as plasticizers and
their metabolites are suspect of especially reproductive toxicity. The aim of our study was to …

The exposure of the general population to phthalates is of increasing public health concern.
Variations in the internal exposure of the population are likely, because the amounts …