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Comprehensive insight from phthalates occurrence: from health outcomes to emerging analytical approaches
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Phthalates are a group of chemicals used in a multitude of important industrial products
(e.g., medical devices, children’s toys, and food packages), mainly as plasticizers to improve me chanical properties such as flexibility, transparency, durability, and longevity of polyvinyl chloride
(PVC). The wide occurrence of phthalates in many consumer products, including foods (e.g., bottled
water, soft drinks, wine, milk, and meat) brings that most people are exposed to phthalates every
day, which raises some concerns. Adverse health outcomes from phthalates exposure have been
associated with endocrine disruption, deformities in the human reproductive system, increased risk
of preterm birth, carcinogen exposure, among others. Apprehension related to the health risks and
ubiquitous incidence of phthalates in foods inspires the development of reliable analytical approaches
that allow their detection and quantification at trace levels. The purpose of the current review is to
provide information related to the presence of phthalates in the food chain, highlighting the health
risks associated with their exposure. Moreover, an overview of emerging extraction procedures and
high-resolution analytical approaches for a comprehensive quantification of phthalates is presented.
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Phthalates Health risk Extraction techniques Analytical approaches . Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia Centro de Química da Madeira
Citation
Luís, C., Algarra, M., Câmara, J. S., & Perestrelo, R. (2021). Comprehensive insight from phthalates occurrence: from health outcomes to emerging analytical approaches. Toxics, 9(7), 157. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9070157
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MDPI