Some phthalates and their applications

Acronym	Full name	Examples of applications
BBP	Butyl-Benzyl-Phthalate	perfumes, hair sprays, adhesives and glues, automotive products, vinyl floor coverings
DBP*	Di-Butyl-Phthalate	[PVC], perfumes, deodorants, hair sprays, nail polish, printer inks, insecticides
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP)	Di-Ethyl-Hexyl-Phthalate	Perfumes, flexible PVC products (shower curtains, garden hoses, diapers, food containers, plastic film for food packaging, bloodbags, catheters, gloves, and other medical equipments such as tubes for fluids, etc.)
DIDP*	Di-Isodecyl-Phthalate	vinyl wall and floor coverings, gloves, wrapping food packaging
DINP*	Di-Isononyl Phthalate	Toys, vinyl floor coverings, gloves, wrapping food packaging, drinking straws, graden hoses
DEP	Di-Ethyl-Phthalate	Perfumes, deodorants, hair gels and mousses, shampoos, soaps, hair sprays, nail polish, body lotions
DCHP	Di-Cyclo-Hexyl-Phthalate	Laboratory research
DOP	Di-Octyl-Phthalate	Flexible plastic-based products
DMP	Di-Methyl-Phthalate	Deodorants

Source: Institut national de Santé Publique Québec

Phthalate Di-isodecyl & Di-isononyl phthalates

Approximation of the relative importance of the consumption of four of the main phthalates in the European Union in the 1990s

Table 2.1 Volumes of DIDP in different articles and their respective lifetimes

Table 3.2 PECs calculated for the various stages of the life cycle of DIDP

Consumer exposure to DIDP and DINP

Internal exposure for adults, children and infants.

Table 1.1 Summary of physico-chemical properties (DIDP)

Table 1.1 Summary of physico-chemical properties (DINP)

Table 2.1 Volumes of DIDP in different articles and their respective lifetimes

Table 2.1 Volumes of DINP in different articles and their respective lifetimes

Table 3.1 Total releases to waste water, surface water and air (DIDP)

Table 3.1 Total releases to waste water, surface water and air (DINP)

Table 3.2 PECs calculated for the various stages of the life cycle of DIDP

Table 3.3 PEC/PEC ratios for agricultural soil (DIDP)

Table 3.4 PEC/PNEC ratios for predators (DIDP)

Table 3.3 PEC/PNEC ratios for agricultural soil (DINP)

Table 3.4 PEC/PNEC ratios for predators (DINP)

Table 4.1 Inhalation occupational exposure (DIDP)

Table 4.1 Inhalation occupational exposure (DINP)

Table 4.2 End products containing DIDP, sources of exposure and categories of consumers exposed

Table 4.3 External and internal exposure for consumers (DIDP)

Table 4.2 End products containing DINP, sources of exposure and categories of consumers exposed

Table 4.3 External and internal exposure for consumers (DINP)

Table 4.4 Internal exposure for adults, children and infants (DIDP)

Table 4.4 Internal exposure for adults, children and infants (DINP)

Some phthalates and their applications

Structure and uses of the three phthalates assessed by the ECB

Table 3.2 PECs calculated for the various stages of the life cycle of DINP

Directive on Phthalate-containing soft PVC toys and childcare articles