In 2018, over 350,000 excess heart disease deaths were linked to phthalates. More research is needed to fully understand the chemicals' effects.

Researchers estimate that exposure to phthalates contributes to 13 percent of all heart disease deaths in people between 55 ...

Phthalates, which are found in cosmetics, food packaging and other common household plastics, are linked to early death from ...

Common household chemical found linked to heart disease deaths - India leads in deaths linked to toxic plastic chemicals ...

Researchers at NYU Langone Health discovered that daily exposure to chemicals in common household items could have been a ...

A global study estimates that exposure to the plastic additive DEHP caused over 356,000 heart disease deaths in 2018, with ...

A growing body of research suggests that plastics (such as the takeout container kind) and chemicals used to create them, ...

More than 16,000 chemicals are used to produce plastics — and ... and it’s long been linked to health harms like cancer. New research indicates the class of chemicals is also causing deaths due to ...

Global exposure to the plastic additive DEHP, a type of phthalate, was associated with over 368,000 heart disease deaths in 2018 among adults aged 55–64, representing more than 10% of global ...

A new global study has found that daily exposure to a chemical used in many plastic products may be linked to more than ...

A shocking new study suggests that common chemicals found in a wide range of everyday plastic products may have contributed to 356,238 heart disease deaths ... health hazards linked to the ...

Evidence is accumulating that microplastics found nearly everywhere are also invading our bodies. What should you do?