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. 2024 Dec;132(12):124002.
doi: 10.1289/EHP16068. Epub 2024 Dec 12.

Here's the Rub: Skin Care Products and Children's Phthalate Exposures

Lindsay Key

Here's the Rub: Skin Care Products and Children's Phthalate Exposures

Lindsay Key. Environ Health Perspect. 2024 Dec.

Abstract

Racial and ethnic differences in exposures to phthalates and their replacements through use of soaps, lotions, etc. appear to begin in childhood.

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Figure 1: A child sitting on a bathroom sink rubs soap into his hands, as does an adult standing close by.
Graphical abstract
A child sitting on a bathroom sink rubs soap into his hands, as does an adult standing close by.
For the children in this study, patterns of exposure by race and ethnicity were comparable to patterns previously observed in adults, suggesting that exposure disparities may begin at an early age. Image: © iStock.com/LumiNola.
Headshots of a man and a woman.
Bloom, left, studies the intersection of environmental pollutants and human health, both in the United States and abroad. Hunt, right, focuses on diabetes and cardiovascular epidemiology, maternal and child health epidemiology, and genetic epidemiology. Images: George Mason University, left, and Kelly Hunt, right.
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