Dietary Phthalate Exposure in Pregnant Women and the Impact of Consumer Practices

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• Personal Author:
  Barrett ES ; Janssen S ; Karr CJ ; Nguyen RHN ; Redmon B ; Sathyanarayana S ; Seixas, Noah S. ; Serrano SE ; Swan SH
• Description:
  Phthalates are ubiquitous endocrine-disrupting chemicals that are contaminants in food and contribute to significant dietary exposures. We examined associations between reported consumption of specific foods and beverages and first trimester urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations in 656 pregnant women within a multicenter cohort study, The Infant Development and Environment Study (TIDES), using multivariate regression analysis. We also examined whether reported use of ecofriendly and chemical-free products was associated with lower phthalate biomarker levels in comparison to not following such practices. Consumption of one additional serving of dairy per week was associated with decreases of 1% in the sum of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) metabolite levels (95% CI: -2.0, -0.2). Further, participants who reported sometimes eating homegrown food had monoisobutyl phthalate (MiBP) levels that were 16.6% lower (95% CI: -29.5, -1.3) in comparison to participants in the rarely/never category. In contrast to rarely/never eating frozen fruits and vegetables, participants who reported sometimes following this practice had monobenzyl phthalate (MBzP) levels that were 21% higher (95% CI: 3.3, 41.7) than rarely/ever respondents. Future study on prenatal dietary phthalate exposure and the role of consumer product choices in reducing such exposure is needed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cohort Studies Diet Endocrine System Occupational Health Phthalic Acids Pregnancy Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Food Behavior Cohort Studies Consumer Practices Dietary Effects Ecofriendly Endocrine Disruptors Organic Phthalates Pregnant Women Prenatal Exposure Unprocessed

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• ISSN:
  1660-4601
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Minnesota ; New York ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057178
• Citation:
  Int J Environ Res Public Health 2014 Jun; 11(6):6193-6215
• Contact Point Address:
  Sheela Sathyanarayana, Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98121, USA
• Email:
  sheela.sathyanarayana@seattlechildrens.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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