As well as lurking in plastics and toiletries, phthalates are also found in things like food packaging, detergents, furnishings, flooring, clothing, paints, rubber, coating materials and medical devices.
Used in hundreds of products we come across on a daily basis, it’s small wonder they’re known as “everywhere chemicals”.
Now, a new study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics has revealed that pregnant women who were exposed to multiple phthalates (pronounced thal-ates) are at increased risk of a premature birth.
