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Sewage epidemiology for the assessment of phthalate health risk in Ireland

Allen, Catherine, Jones, Lisa, Regan, Fiona ORCID: 0000-0002-8273-9970, Staines, Anthony ORCID: 0000-0001-9161-1357 and Lawler, Jenny ORCID: 0000-0001-9947-0958 (2018) Sewage epidemiology for the assessment of phthalate health risk in Ireland. In: 28th Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium (Environ 2018), 26-28 Mar 2018, Cork, Ireland.

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Abstract

Phthalates are synthetic organic chemicals commonly used as plasticisers in PVC and additives in personal care products. Phthalates are ubiquitous within the environment, giving wide-range exposure to the public, and have been classed as endocrine disruptors, leading to a range of detrimental health effects. This project will pioneer in using sewage epidemiology to determine phthalate exposure in Irish population. Risk assessment data will be used to relate the level of exposure to an associated risk, providing the first step in phthalate risk assessment within an Irish population.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)
Event Type:Conference
Refereed:No
Subjects:Biological Sciences > Biology
Medical Sciences > Epidemiology
Medical Sciences > Health
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Chemical Sciences
DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Biotechnology
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
Funders:Environmental Protection Agency
ID Code:22398
Deposited On:25 Jun 2018 11:49 by Lisa Jones . Last Modified 23 Mar 2021 11:06

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