{"id":245216,"date":"2026-10-11T01:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T06:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/mounting-evidence-shows-a-common-plastic-chemical-can-affect-human-ovaries"},"modified":"2026-10-11T01:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T06:05:08","slug":"mounting-evidence-shows-a-common-plastic-chemical-can-affect-human-ovaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/mounting-evidence-shows-a-common-plastic-chemical-can-affect-human-ovaries","title":{"rendered":"Mounting Evidence Shows a Common Plastic Chemical Can Affect Human Ovaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/mounting-evidence-shows-a-common-plastic-chemical-can-affect-human-ovaries2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A class of chemicals called phthalates is widespread in our lives, and there are growing concerns about what impact they\u2019re having on our reproductive health.<\/p>\n<p>The most common phthalate \u2013 DEHP (di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate) \u2013 is usually added to materials to make them more flexible. It\u2019s used in PVC pipes, cling wrap, shower curtains, medical tubing, eyelash glue, and many other everyday items.<\/p>\n<p>It can easily get into our bodies, particularly if it\u2019s in our food or water, since it\u2019s readily absorbed through the lining of the intestines. When DEHP enters the human body, our enzymes convert it to MEHP (mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A class of chemicals called phthalates is widespread in our lives, and there are growing concerns about what impact they\u2019re having on our reproductive health. The most common phthalate \u2013 DEHP (di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate) \u2013 is usually added to materials to make them more flexible. It\u2019s used in PVC pipes, cling wrap, shower curtains, medical tubing, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19,1506,1495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-chemistry","category-food","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}