{"id":26831,"date":"2025-04-29T22:31:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T22:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=26831"},"modified":"2025-04-29T23:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T23:23:12","slug":"what-we-know-about-phthalates-in-plastic-and-heart-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=26831","title":{"rendered":"What We Know About Phthalates in Plastic and Heart Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">The paper linked phthalates, commonly found in plastics, to 350,000 deaths globally. But the data come with caveats.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-2fd7d53c\"><span>The Latest<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The news made for an alarming headline this week: Research showed that common chemicals in plastics were associated with 350,000 heart disease deaths across the world in 2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The statistic came from a study <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/ebiom\/article\/PIIS2352-3964(25)00174-4\/fulltext\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">published Monday in the journal eBioMedicine<\/a>. The authors, a group of researchers at New York University\u2019s Grossman School of Medicine, estimated that roughly 13 percent of cardiovascular deaths among 55- to 64-year-olds worldwide that year could be attributed to phthalates, which are used in food packaging, shampoo, toys and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Research on the effect of phthalates on cardiovascular disease is still emerging, but their link to metabolic risk factors like obesity suggest they could play a role in heart disease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"> While experts agree that phthalates are harmful, they cautioned that the study relied on complex statistical modeling and a series of assumptions and estimates that make it difficult to determine how many deaths might be linked to the chemicals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis is an early step of trying to understand the magnitude of the problem,\u201d said Dr. Mark Huffman, a cardiologist and a co-director of the global health center at WashU Medicine in St. Louis. But, he added, there\u2019s a need for far more studies to understand the relationship between phthalates and heart health, and what other factors might come into play.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-7101f615\"><span>The Background<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Phthalates are found in personal care products like shampoos and lotions, as well as in food containers and packaging. 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But the data come with caveats.The LatestThe news made for an alarming headline this week: Research showed that common chemicals in plastics were associated with 350,000 heart disease deaths across the world in 2018.The statistic came from a study published Monday in the journal eBioMedicine. The authors, a group of researchers at New York University\u2019s Grossman School of Medicine, estimated that roughly 13 percent of cardiovascular deaths among 55- to 64-year-olds worldwide that year could be attributed to phthalates, which are used in food packaging, shampoo, toys and more.Research on the effect of phthalates on cardiovascular disease is still emerging, but their link to metabolic risk factors like obesity suggest they could play a role in heart disease. While experts agree that phthalates are harmful, they cautioned that the study relied on complex statistical modeling and a series of assumptions and estimates that make it difficult to determine how many deaths might be linked to the chemicals.\u201cThis is an early step of trying to understand the magnitude of the problem,\u201d said Dr. Mark Huffman, a cardiologist and a co-director of the global health center at WashU Medicine in St. Louis. But, he added, there\u2019s a need for far more studies to understand the relationship between phthalates and heart health, and what other factors might come into play.The BackgroundPhthalates are found in personal care products like shampoos and lotions, as well as in food containers and packaging. 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