Uterine fibroids can cause uncontrolled bleeding and infertility in women, and now a new study finds an unexpected culprit: Toxic chemicals called phthalates that are present in everything from fast-food packaging to plastic water bottles.
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While previous studies have shown a consistent link between phthalate exposure and fibroid growth, this finding explains how that happens. A strength of the study is its use of urine samples from the actual patients and not animal models, he noted. “But on the low end, you might look to that for maybe some grace with these exposures,” he explained. “It's really hard to call for, say, zero exposure to something that is as ubiquitous as a chemical that's in plastic and personal care products, phthalates.”
“I think reasonably it would be impossible” to completely eliminate phthalates through purchases, DeNicola said, but “we want as little as possible.”
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