2001 Volume 47 Issue 3 Pages 318-322
The migration dialkyl phthalate was tested in volunteers who chewed polyvinyl chloride (PVC) toy products under controlled conditions. The PVC toy samples consisted of ball A containing 100 and 185 mg/g di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) and di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) respectively, and ball B, containing 256 mg/g diisononyl phthalate (DINP). The migration of dialkyl phthalate into simulated saliva was also tested in vitro by shaking toy samples. The migration rates of DBP, DEHP and DINP from balls A and B were 11.7, 44.4 and 78.0 μg/10 cm2/hr, respectively, in vivo, and 339, 315 and 535 μg/10 cm2/hr, respectively, in vitro. The presence of mono-n-butyl phthalate (MBP) and mono-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (MEHP) in saliva collected after chewing ball A was confirmed by GCMSSIM. Human saliva which collected from volunteers incubated with DBP and DEHP at 37°C over 60 min, hydrolyzed these compounds to their monoesters.
