DEHP Unlikely To Pose Health Risk Even With High Exposure - ACSH Panel
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The primary plasticizer used to impart flexibility to many polyvinyl chloride (PVC) medical devices such as I.V. bags, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), is "unlikely to pose a health risk to even highly exposed humans," according to an expert panel chaired by former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, MD.