Does DEP pose a threat to the environment?
All the phthalates, including those used in cosmetics and those in plasticized PVC have been studied for many years by numerous academic, regulatory and industrial scientists and their risks to man and the environment have been assessed. Many of these studies have been carried out over multiple generations of animals and so their long term effects are well understood and have been taken into consideration in the risk assessments. In addition these phthalates are not slow to break down in the environment; they are defined as “readily biodegradable”.
