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Synthetic chemicals that are referred to as phthalates and can be found in consumer goods such as food practice, shampoo, make -up, perfume and children's toys may have contributed to more than 10% of all global mortality from heart diseases in men and women at 55 to 64 years.

“Phthalates contribute to inflammation and systemic inflammation in the coronary arteries, which accelerate existing diseases and lead to acute events including mortality,” said the high -ranking author Dr. Leonardo Traande, professor of pediatrics and population health at the Grossman School of Medicine at New York University. He is also the director of the Department of Environmental Pediatrics and Center for the Investigation of Environmental Hats by NYU Langone.

“It is known that Phthalate testosterone is disturbing,” said Trasande, adding that in men “low testosterone is a predictor of cardiovascular diseases in adults.”

In previous studies, phthalates were associated with reproductive problems such as genital misalignments and non -closed tests in baby boys and lower sperm numbers and testosterone mirrors in adult men. Studies have also associated phthalates with asthma, obesity and cancer.

“The new study underlines the potentially enormous health and economic burden of DEHP exposure, which corresponds to the existing concerns regarding the risks,” said David Andrews, deputy chief science officer of the environmental work group, a consumer organization that monitors exposure to phthalates and other chemicals in plastics in an e -mail. He was not involved in the study.

The American Chemistry Council, which represents industry, rejected it to comment on the study, CNN said by e -mail that the high Phthalat panel of the organization has dedicated the advantages of high phthalates such as DINP and DIDP.

Phthalate's exposure and risk

Often referred to as “everywhere” chemicals “because they are so common, consumer goods such as PVC installation pipes, vinyl floors, rain and stain-resistant, medical hoses, garden tubes and some children's toys become more flexible and harder.

Other frequent exposure results from the use of phthalates in food packaging, cleaning agents, clothing, furniture and automotive plastic. Phthalates are also added to care articles such as shampoo, soap, hairspray and cosmetics to keep the scents longer.

According to the US centers for disease control and prevention, people are exposed to inhaling contaminated air or eating or drinking foods that come into contact with the plastic.

The new study published on Tuesday in the magazine Ebiomedicine examined the effects of a phthalats-di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalat or dehp-on global deaths in 200 countries and territories.

The researchers analyzed health and environmental data from dozens of population surveys, including urine samples that were left by DEHP, which is known, they are associated with cardiovascular diseases, said Trasande.

DI (2 -ethylhexyl) phthalate was also associated with birth defects, cancer and reproductive damage for men. According to California's proposition 65, a law according to the company placing warning names for products that provide consumers about the possible health effects of the chemicals.

The researchers compared the exposure with the death statistics collected by the Institute for Health Certilizers and Evaluation, a US research group that collects global medical information.

The analysis showed that exposure to DEHP 2018 to 368,764 deaths in men and women aged 55 years and 64. Africa accounted for 30% of heart diseases in connection with DEHP, while East Asia and the Middle East made 25% of mortality, as the study showed.