Chemicals Used to Make Plastics Linked to Heart Disease

New research published in the journal eBioMedicine has shown that exposure to certain chemicals used to make plastic items have been linked to an increased risk of death from heart disease worldwide.

The study used cardiovascular mortality data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and chemical exposure estimates collected regionally from several sources. The specific chemical additive focused on in this study was di-2-ethylhexylphthalate…