This website received the AnySurfer label, a quality mark for accessible websites in Belgium. For more information, please visitwww.anysurfer.be.

Go to page content
Skip navigation. Page content starts here.

You are here: home → news → news items → vito vision 06 monitoring phtalates

Print this page

VITO VISION 06 Monitoring phtalates

MONITORING PHTHALATES IN FOOD

Phthalates are frequently used as softeners in plastics and as adhesives and ink for packaging. Some of these substances, however, are suspected of having health risks attached to them. They could disrupt the human hormone balance and impact fertility. At the request of the Federal Public Service (FPS) for Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, VITO together with Ghent University studied the amount of phthalates we ingest via our food.

Read the full article (PDF, new window)