title: Environmental Toxicology: Biological and Health Effects of Pollutants, Third Edition
author:  Ming-Ho Yu 
description: <STRONG>Praise for the Second Edition</STRONG>&nbsp; <P>This book is very well presented. A particular strength is the use of many examples of major pollution events and case studies, as well as an actual ecological impact assessment study in the appendix. Another strength is that review questions are given at the end of each chapter. ... Overall, this is an excellent text on the subject, particularly for teachers and students of the basics of environmental studies.</P> <P>Marinus L. Otte, University College Dublin, in <EM>The Geographical Journal</EM>, Vol. 172, Issue 2, June 2006</P> <P>&nbsp;</P>
zlib_text: DI(2-ETHYLHEXYL) PHTHALATE
  CAS No. 117-81-7
  First Listed in the Third Annual Report on Carcinogens
  CARCINOGENICITY
  Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is reasonably anticipated to be a human
  carcinogen based on sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in experimental animals (NTP
  1982, IARC 1982, 1987, 2000).  When administered in the diet, di(2-ethylhexyl)
  phthalate increased the incidence of hepatocellular carcinomas in female rats, liver
  neoplastic nodules or hepatocellular carcinomas in male rats, and hepatocellular
  carcinomas in mice of both sexes (NTP 1982, IARC 2000).
  No adequate data were available to evaluate the carcinogenicity of di(2-
  ethylhexyl) phthalate in humans (IARC 1982, 1987).  In one study, workers exposed at a
  production plant did not show an excess of cancer mortality; however, the number of
  subjects in this study was small (IARC 2000). 
  PROPERTIES
  Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate is a colorless, oily liquid with a slight odor.  It is
  slightly soluble in water (0.285 mg/L 