Limited Sampling Indicates The Reasonable Possibility of Ubiquitous Exposure To The Phthalate DEHP In The U.S. Population

• By: Edward J. Faeder, Ph.D., James Bruya, Ph.D., & Thomas H. Clarke Jr., J.D., M.S.
• Date: May 29, 2013

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Developing a new defense strategy [FAEDER, BRUYA, & CLARKE, 2011] for a Proposition 65 [OEHHA, 2012A] case in California, the authors undertook a variety of QA/QC procedures to be assured that their test results regarding exposure to DEHP [TOXNET, 2012A] from the consumer product at issue had precision and validity. One such procedure was to ascertain if the test subjects had measurable DEHP on their hands prior to the test in which they handled the product at issue.