Bis(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate

Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate [also known as di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate or DEHP] is the most important phthalate plasticizer used in Canada. Production in Canada in 1991 totalled about five kilotonnes and an additional five kilotonnes were imported. This report gives a summary of information critical to the substance's assessment as toxic, including identity, properties, production, and uses; entry into the environment; fate and concentration; toxicokinetics; and effects on experimental animals and in vitro and in humans; and ecotoxicology. Its assessment as toxic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) is described for the environment, the environment on which human life depends, and human life or health.