Assignment #2-Toxicological Profile
Instructions: Use the Toxicological Profile of DI(2-ETHYLHEXYL)PHTHALATE (DEHP) to answer the following questions:
What is DEHP? What is its common use?
How is DEHP released in the environment? What happens to DEHP when it is released in soil, air, and water?
What is the principle route of human exposure to DEHP?
What are the effects DEHP in humans? In laboratory mice and rats?
What federal regulations have been put in place to protect humans from DEHP?
How is DEHP released in the environment? What happens to DEHP when it is released in soil, air, and water? What is the principle route of human exposure to DEHP? What are the effects DEHP in humans? In laboratory mice and rats?
