http://thestatsblog.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/plentys-nonsense/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:35:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://thestatsblog.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/plentys-nonsense/#comment-636 Jessica A. Knoblauch Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:38:34 +0000 http://thestatsblog.wordpress.com/?p=217#comment-636 Though there may not be a specific study that examines the absorption of phthalates from a vinyl mattress, several body burden studies over the past few years have found that phthalates are found in pretty much every American ever tested for them, a finding that indicates phthalates are capable of getting into our bodies, though we may not yet know exactly how. Consider a clip from the Environmental Working Group Web site, a highly respected organization: "In 2003, EWG published its seminal Body Burden study, finding 210 industrial and consumer product chemical, among them, a half-dozen phthalates, in nine adult Americans who had agreed to submit their blood and urine to laboratory analysis." Partly as a result of this study, in July 2008 the U.S. Congress passed legislation banning six phthalates from children’s toys and cosmetics. Clearly, this new legislation indicates that there is a consensus about the health and environmental concern with phthalates use, and I was simply trying to inform readers concerned about this issue on how to avoid as much phthalate exposure as possible. After all, why expose yourself to something when there are other, more environmentally-friendly (and less toxic) options? Though there may not be a specific study that examines the absorption of phthalates from a vinyl mattress, several body burden studies over the past few years have found that phthalates are found in pretty much every American ever tested for them, a finding that indicates phthalates are capable of getting into our bodies, though we may not yet know exactly how. Consider a clip from the Environmental Working Group Web site, a highly respected organization:
“In 2003, EWG published its seminal Body Burden study, finding 210 industrial and consumer product chemical, among them, a half-dozen phthalates, in nine adult Americans who had agreed to submit their blood and urine to laboratory analysis.”
Partly as a result of this study, in July 2008 the U.S. Congress passed legislation banning six phthalates from children’s toys and cosmetics.
Clearly, this new legislation indicates that there is a consensus about the health and environmental concern with phthalates use, and I was simply trying to inform readers concerned about this issue on how to avoid as much phthalate exposure as possible. After all, why expose yourself to something when there are other, more environmentally-friendly (and less toxic) options?

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