Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Synthetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Synthetic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemicals</span></a> called <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/phthalates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phthalates</span></a>, found in consumer products such as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/containers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>containers</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shampoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shampoo</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/makeup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>makeup</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/perfume" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>perfume</span></a>, & children’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toys</span></a>, may have contributed to more than 10% of all global mortality from heart disease in 2018 in people btwn age 55 & 64. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/29/health/phthalates-heart-disease-wellness/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/04/29/health/phth</span><span class="invisible">alates-heart-disease-wellness/index.html</span></a> (1/2)</p>