Definition of phthalate
: any of various salts or esters of phthalic acid used especially as plasticizers and in solvents
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Like its skin care sister, Ever Makeup touts clean formulas, without questionable ingredients such as parabens, sulfates, and phthalates, and with the brand's signature LSR10 complex.
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This is not the first time phthalate levels have been linked to food sources.
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Whole Foods Market has created its own standards for organic labeling on personal care products and bans 75-plus ingredients, including phthalates, microbeads, triclosan, BHT, BHA and aluminum chlorohydrate.
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This is a kind of rubber that sometimes (not always) contains phthalates, a group of chemicals that have come under fire for their potential to affect human health.
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Many are leaving out plasticizers, phthalates, formaldehyde, chlorine, halogen and heavy metals.
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It's conveniently made with candelilla wax, watermelon extract, and vitamins C and E, and without parabens, sulfates, and phthalates.
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America now bans some phthalates in toys and child-care products because of potential harm to growing children.
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All the formulas in Bliss 2.0 are entirely cruelty-free, vegan, and made without parabens and phthalates.
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