Phthalates in school supplies
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Level 2 - Details on Phthalates in school supplies
- 1. Introduction: why is there a concern over phthalates in school supplies?
- 2. How was the Danish study on phthalates in school supplies conducted?
- 3. To what extent can children be exposed to phthalates through erasers?
- 4. To what extent are people exposed to phthalates?
- 5. What daily exposure levels to phthalates are considered safe?
- 6. Conclusions
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- 1. Introduction: why is there a concern over phthalates in school supplies?
- 2. How was the Danish study on phthalates in school supplies conducted?
- 3. To what extent can children be exposed to phthalates through erasers?
- 4. To what extent are people exposed to phthalates?
- 5. What daily exposure levels to phthalates are considered safe?
- 6. Conclusions
- Themes
- Air Pollution
- Biodiversity
- Chemicals
- Climate change
- Consumer safety
- Disease prevention
- Energy
- Environment
- Food & Lifestyle
- Phthalates
- Radiation & EMF
- Risks of new technologies
- Sustainable development
- Publications A-Z
- AIDS
- Agriculture
- Alcohol
- Arctic Climate Change
- Arsenic
- Aspartame
- Biodiversity
- Biofuels
- Boron
- CO2 Capture & Storage
- Chernobyl
- Climate Change
- DBP
- DINP-DIDP
- Dental Amalgams
- Desertification
- Diet & Nutrition
- Dioxins
- Ecosystem Change
- Electromagnetic Fields
- Endocrine Disruptors
- Energy Saving Lamps
- Energy Technologies
- Fisheries
- Fluoride
- Forests
- Forests & Energy
- Genetically Modified Crops
- Global Public Health Threats
- Indoor Air Quality
- Malaria
- Mercury
- Nanotechnologies
- Nitrogen Dioxide
- Non-human primates
- Ozone
- PCBs
- Particulate Matter
- Personal Music Players & Hearing
- Phthalates in school supplies
- Power lines
- Psychoactive Drugs
- Respiratory Diseases
- Static Fields
- Sunbeds & UV radiation
- Tobacco
- Tooth Whiteners
- Tuberculosis
- Water Disinfectants
- Water Resources
The answers to these questions are a faithful summary of the scientific opinion produced in 2008 by the Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER): "Opinion on phthalates in school supplies" Learn more...
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