@exhiliration posted a more approachable article (http://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/chemical-phthalates-food-packaging-linked-lower-iq-kids-n265721 http

@exhiliration posted a more approachable article (http://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/chemical-phthalates-food-packaging-linked-lower-iq-kids-n265721 http://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/chemical-phthalate...) that says: > South Korean studies have shown kids ages 8 to 11 who have higher evidence of phthalates in their urine were less attentive and more likely to be hyperactive. They also had measurably lower IQs. Another study found they might be associated with obesity in teenagers. So it is, at the very least, not the only study or the only country linking phthalates to lower IQ.