title: Phthalates in plastic bottled non-alcoholic beverages from China and estimated dietary exposure in adults.
abstract: Concentrations of six phthalates were determined in 69 plastic bottled non-alcoholic beverages collected from marketplaces in China. Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) and di-(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate (DEHP) were the most detected compounds with frequencies of 100%. Dimethyl phthalate was found less, with a mean frequency of almost 34%. The samples were divided into seven groups. The frequencies of phthalates in these groups ranged from 6.67% to 100%, which indicated that different types of beverages were differently contaminated by phthalates. DEHP contained the highest mean and median concentrations (1.60 ng g-1and 0.62 ng g-1), followed by DBP (1.34 ng g-1and 0.27 ng g-1). For DBP, the highest phthalate concentration of 14.3 ng g-1was measured. The results of estimated daily intake (EDI) showed that the risk of Chinese adults exposed to these 6 phthalates in beverages examined was lower than the reference doses as suggested by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The range of EDI values was between 1.77 × 10-4μg kg-bw-1day-1and 0.478 μg kg-bw-1day-1.
authors.affiliation: a Chemistry and Chemical Engineering College , Hunan University of Arts and Science , Changde , P. R. China.|b State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics , Hunan University , Changsha , P. R. China.|c State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Guangzhou , P. R. China.
authors.forename: Ji-Feng
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: b State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics , Hunan University , Changsha , P. R. China.
authors.forename: Li-Ming
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: a Chemistry and Chemical Engineering College , Hunan University of Arts and Science , Changde , P. R. China.
authors.forename: Li-Ying
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: c State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Guangzhou , P. R. China.
authors.forename: Guang-Guo
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Ying
authors.affiliation: b State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics , Hunan University , Changsha , P. R. China.
authors.forename: Cheng-Bin
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: b State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics , Hunan University , Changsha , P. R. China.
authors.forename: Sheng-Lian
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001628:Beverages / Q000032:analysis*; D002681:China; D003132:Commerce; D003993:Dibutyl Phthalate / Q000032:analysis*; D004032:Diet; D004051:Diethylhexyl Phthalate / Q000032:analysis*; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D005523:Food Supply / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D010795:Phthalic Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D010968:Plasticizers / Q000032:analysis*; D010969:Plastics / Q000032:analysis; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D010795:Phthalic Acids; D010968:Plasticizers; D010969:Plastics; C024629:dimethyl phthalate; D003993:Dibutyl Phthalate; D004051:Diethylhexyl Phthalate
keywords: Phthalates; concentration; exposure risks; non-alcoholic beverage