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The Problem of Phthalate Occurrence in Aquatic Environment

This review surveys phthalate contamination in aquatic environments, covering analytical quantification methods, toxicity data, and sources of phthalate pollution. It highlights phthalates as plastic additives that leach into water from plastic products, posing risks to aquatic organisms and human health.

2021 Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly 16 citations
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Environmental Aspect Concerning Phthalates Contamination: Analytical Approaches and Assessment of Biomonitoring in the Aquatic Environment

This review covered the environmental occurrence, analytical detection methods, and biomonitoring of phthalate plasticizers in aquatic organisms, summarizing extraction techniques, bioindicator species, and the ecological and toxicological risks of phthalate contamination in water bodies.

2023 Environments 26 citations
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Unpacking Phthalates from Obscurity in the Environment

This review traces how advances in analytical chemistry have brought phthalates, a group of plastic additives, from relative obscurity to recognition as widespread environmental contaminants. Phthalates leach easily from plastic products because they are not chemically bound to the polymer, and they are now categorized as endocrine-disrupting chemicals with potential links to organ damage. The study discusses the evolving methods for detecting phthalates in complex environmental and biological samples.

2023 Molecules 14 citations
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Occurrence, Fate, Behavior and Ecotoxicological State of Phthalates in Different Environmental Matrices

This review examines the widespread presence of phthalates, chemicals commonly added to plastics to increase flexibility, across air, water, soil, and food. Researchers found that phthalates are detected virtually everywhere in the environment and have been linked to reproductive, developmental, and hormonal effects in laboratory studies. The study highlights that indoor air represents a particularly significant source of human exposure since people spend the majority of their time indoors surrounded by plastic-containing products.

2015 Environmental Science & Technology 1185 citations
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Plasticisers: A Potential Reproductive-toxicant for Humans

This review examines plasticizers, particularly phthalates and bisphenols, as reproductive toxicants in humans, summarizing evidence that these chemicals leach from plastics and disrupt endocrine function, affecting fertility and fetal development. The authors highlight the need for stricter regulation given widespread human exposure through food packaging, personal care products, and household items.

2022 Chettinad Health City Medical Journal 8 citations
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Phthalates and Their Impacts on Human Health

This review examines phthalates, chemicals widely used to make plastics flexible, and their harmful effects on human health as endocrine disruptors. Chronic exposure to phthalates has been linked to reproductive problems, developmental issues in children, and complications during pregnancy. Since phthalates are common additives in microplastics, understanding their toxicity is essential for assessing the full health risk of microplastic exposure.

2021 Healthcare 545 citations
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The widely disregarded health risks posed by phthalates - A global call for action

This review highlights the widespread health risks posed by phthalates from microplastic-containing products, emphasizing their routes of human exposure through food, packaging, and personal care items, and their documented effects including oncogenicity and fetal developmental impacts. The authors call for urgent global regulatory action given the scale and severity of phthalate exposure.

2023 Toxicology in Vitro 3 citations
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Endocrine-Disrupting Compounds: An Overview on Their Occurrence in the Aquatic Environment and Human Exposure

This review examines how endocrine-disrupting compounds, including plastic-derived chemicals like phthalates and bisphenol A, accumulate in water sources worldwide. Researchers found these substances are now detectable even in drinking water, raising concerns about human exposure through the food chain. Several studies have linked exposure to these chemicals with reproductive and metabolic health issues, though more research is needed to fully understand the risks.

2021 Water 233 citations
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Solving the impact of Phthalate plasticizers in relieving environment pollution

This review examines how phthalate plasticizers—particularly DEHP, DEP, and DBP found in food packaging and cosmetics—enter soil and human bodies, where they disrupt metabolic and reproductive systems and contribute to environmental plastic pollution.

2025 E3S Web of Conferences
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Emerging microextraction platforms for enhanced phthalic acid esters monitoring in food

Researchers reviewed recent advances in microextraction techniques for detecting phthalate plasticizers — endocrine-disrupting chemicals that leach from plastics into food — highlighting progress in green solvents and functional materials while flagging persistent challenges in reproducibility across complex food matrices and the need for better standardization.

2026 Food Chemistry
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Research Progress on the Correlation between Environmental Phthalate Exposure and Thyroid Hormone Level

This review examines how phthalate plasticizers — widely used in food packaging, toys, and medical supplies — disrupt thyroid hormone levels after environmental release, drawing on epidemiological and toxicological evidence linking phthalate exposure to thyroid dysfunction. The findings highlight phthalates as endocrine-disrupting chemicals with significant public health implications.

2023 Journal of medicine and health science.
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Microplastic pollution-A major health problem-An update

This review summarizes the current understanding of microplastic pollution as a health concern, covering how these tiny plastic particles enter the human body through inhalation and ingestion of contaminated food and beverages. The study discusses chemical additives found in plastics, including endocrine disruptors like bisphenol A and phthalates, which have been associated with various health effects. However, the authors note that the fate and effects of microplastics once inside the human body remain controversial and require further study.

2025 International Journal of Science and Research Archive 1 citations
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Prevalence and Impact of Emerging Chemical Contaminants in the Life Style Products on Human Health

This review examines emerging chemical contaminants found in everyday consumer products, including plasticizers, flame retardants, and microplastics, assessing their prevalence and potential health risks from chronic low-level exposure.

2024 Oriental Journal of Physical Sciences
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A global meta-analysis of phthalate esters in drinking water sources and associated health risks

This meta-analysis examined phthalate levels — chemicals that leach from plastics — in drinking water sources around the world. Several phthalates exceeded safe limits in certain regions, posing potential health risks including hormone disruption and cancer, especially with long-term exposure.

2023 The Science of The Total Environment 176 citations
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Unveiling the Hidden Dangers of Plasticizers: A Call for Immediate Action

This review highlights the hidden health dangers of plasticizers -- chemicals added to plastics found in food containers, toys, cosmetics, and personal care items -- calling for immediate regulatory action given their widespread human exposure and evidence of endocrine disruption and other toxic effects.

2023 Toxics 3 citations
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Screening of phthalate and non-phthalate plasticizers and bisphenols in Sicilian women’s blood

Researchers screened blood samples from women in Sicily for plastic additives including phthalates, non-phthalate plasticizers, and bisphenols. Multiple compounds were detected in the blood of most participants, confirming widespread human internal exposure to chemicals that leach from plastics. Since many of these chemicals can act as hormone disruptors, the study underscores the importance of monitoring plastic-derived contaminants in people.

2023 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 30 citations
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Consequences of Exposure to Phthalates, Micro Plastics and Nano-plastics on the Organisms

This review summarizes the toxic effects of microplastics, polystyrene, and phthalate plasticizers (BPA, DBP, DEHP) on vertebrates and invertebrates. These chemicals enter organisms through food, water, and air, causing hormonal disruption, reproductive harm, and other health effects across a wide range of species.

2021 PLANT ARCHIVES
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Environmental and health hazards of chemicals in plastic polymers and products

Researchers reviewed the environmental and health hazards of chemicals in plastic polymers and products, examining the toxicological profiles of monomers, additives, and degradation products that can leach from plastics into food, water, and the environment. The study identifies numerous plastic-associated chemicals with endocrine-disrupting, carcinogenic, or developmental toxicity potential and calls for more comprehensive safety testing of plastic formulations.

2011 Gothenburg University Publications Electronic Archive (Gothenburg University) 64 citations
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Can Phthalates Be Considered as Microplastic Tracers in the Mediterranean Marine Environment?

This study assessed whether phthalate plasticizers could serve as tracers for microplastic pollution in Mediterranean coastal waters, examining their occurrence, distribution, and interactions with the marine environment in one of the world's plastic pollution hotspots.

2024 Environments 9 citations
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Plastic and its Side Effects on Humans – A Review Article

This review examines the widespread use of plastics in daily life and their harmful side effects on human health, including the release of toxic chemicals like BPA and phthalates that act as endocrine disruptors and contribute to various diseases.

2023 Asian Pacific Journal of Environment and Cancer 12 citations