Plasticizers Environmental Concerns

Bisphenols and phthalates enter the environment through products, manufacturing processes, and recycling.

Significant amounts of plastic debris that include these chemicals can be found in both marine and freshwater ecosystems. As a result, the levels detected in aquatic wildlife are as high or higher than the levels that cause hormone disruption in laboratory animals.

The similarities in hormone disruption mechanisms between laboratory animals and wildlife suggest that wildlife could be harmed by the same low levels of exposure that the laboratory animals experienced.

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