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>Generally, "pthalates" are not a thing, but rather a whole bunch of different things (some are hydrophobic, some are not), and many of them are metabolized by

>Generally, "pthalates" are not a thing, but rather a whole bunch of different things (some are hydrophobic, some are not), and many of them are metabolized by the human body, so they don't actually accumulate. You have to be more specific. I am being specific enough to be talking about the hydrophobic pthalates that do accumulate in the human body. If I was talking about the other ones that claim would be trivially wrong... when the popular media says cyanide is dangerous, they're talking about the dangerous molecules with R-CN, not the safe ones.

timr 2y ago
> I am being specific enough to be talking about the hydrophobic pthalates that do accumulate in the human body. They're all amphiphilic, to some degree. That's how they work. It's also common to the chemical group that they break down quickly, because they tend to be esters and alcohols. Any phthalates that bioaccumulate would be the exception, not the rule. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1438463907001125#:~:text=Because%20of%20their%20chemical%20properties,does%20not%20result%20in%20bioaccumulation https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S14384....
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