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Dimethyl phthalate

City of Rio Hondo

Dimethyl phthalate is an additive used in plastics and other consumer products. As a group, phthalates are associated with hormone disruption. Read More.

Phthalates are synthetic chemicals that are added to hard plastics to make them soft and malleable. Phthalates can be found in everyday consumer products such as carpets, paints, glues, wall coverings, tablecloths, furniture upholstery, shower curtains, garden� hoses, toys, shoes, automobile upholstery, food packaging and medical products. Exposure to phthalates has been linked to respiratory health problems, asthma and allergies in infants and children, and changes in reproductive system development in baby boys. The National Toxicology Program classifies a commonly used phthalate, called di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate or DEHP, as "reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen."

 

18

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND10ND
2020ND50ND
2021ND30ND
2022ND40ND
2023ND40ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-04-25AE23995ND
2019-02-08AE53919ND
2020-03-06AF01834ND
2020-04-22AF07762ND
2020-06-09AF14684ND
2020-08-19AF24373ND
2020-10-07AF29870ND
2021-01-27AF41418ND
2021-04-29AF52015ND
2021-08-18AF66950ND
2022-02-03AF83527ND
2022-04-19AF93735ND
2022-09-26AG14869ND
2022-11-17AG19240ND
2023-02-01AG27264ND
2023-05-18AG41183ND
2023-08-03AG51413ND
2023-11-09AG63128ND