Industry Dismisses Cosmetic Phthalate Link To Diabetes
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
A study published July 13 in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives suggests that women with higher phthalate levels are more likely to have diabetes, pointing to personal-care products as a possible culprit. Industry associations say the phthalates studied are not used in personal-care products and maintain that there is “no causal link” between phthalates and diabetes.