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Relationship between the use of plastics in refrigerator food storage and urine phthalate metabolites: the Korean National Environmental Health Survey (KoNEHS) cycle 3

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Jisoo Kang, Seong-yong Cho, Seong-Yong Yoon

Summary

Researchers found that men who stored food in plastic containers in refrigerators had significantly higher urinary concentrations of DEHP metabolites and other phthalate compounds compared to those using non-plastic storage, based on data from the Korean National Environmental Health Survey, highlighting plastic food storage as a meaningful source of phthalate exposure.

The concentrations of urine phthalate metabolites (MEHHP, MEOHP, MECPP, ∑DEHP, and MnBP) were significantly higher in men who used plastics in refrigerator food storage compared to those using the others.

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