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PVC & DEHP Resources
 Government Publications on Phthalates
HCWH Publications
Links
Recent News, Emerging Science and Press Releases on PVC & DEHP
Case Studies on PVC & DEHP Elimination
Government Publications on Phthalates
DEHP Monograph (pdf), National Toxicology Program, Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction, November 2006
Expert Panel Re-Evaluation of DEHP (pdf), National Toxicology Program, Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction, October 2005
Original Expert Panel Report on DEHP (pdf), National Toxicology Program, Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction, October 2000
Safety Assessment of DEHP Released from PVC Medical Devices (pdf), U.S. Food and Drug Administration, September 5, 2001
Expert Advisory Panel on DEHP in Medical Devices (pdf), Health Canada, January 11, 2002
Risk Reduction Strategy, DEHP (pdf), National Chemicals Inspectorate of Sweden (KEMI), draft of January 2003
CDC National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals (pdf), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, March 2001
FDA Public Health Notification on DEHP, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, July 2002
Draft Guidance Document on PVC Medical Devices Made With DEHP, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, September 2002
HCWH Publications
The Problems: Dioxin, DEHP, and Phthalates
Dioxin, PVC & Health Care (pdf), Going Green Factsheet 3-1
What's Wrong With Incineration? (pdf), Going Green Factsheet 3-2
DEHP Exposures During the Medical Care of Infants: A Cause for Concern (pdf), Going Green Factsheet 3-6
Neonatal Exposure to DEHP and Opportunities for Prevention (pdf)
A Summary of the Expert Panel Report of the National Toxicology Program on DEHP and its Risks to Human Reproduction (pdf), Going Green Factsheet 3-7
A Summary of the FDA Safety Assessment of DEHP Released from PVC Medical Devices (pdf), Going Green Factsheet 3-8
PVC/DEHP Resource List (pdf), Going Green Factsheet 3-9
Summary of the 2002 Report of the Health Canada Expert Advisory Panel on DEHP in Medical Devices (pdf), Going Green Factsheet 3-10
The Weight of the Evidence on DEHP: Exposures Are a Cause for Concern, Especially During Medical Care (pdf), Going Green Factsheet 3-11
Executive Summary: Aggregate Exposures to Phthalates in Humans (pdf), Going Green Factsheet 3-16
Why Health Care is Moving Away From the Hazardous Plastic Polyvinyl Chloride (pdf), Going Green Factsheet 3-19
Aggregate Exposures to Phthalates in Humans Report (pdf)
Not Too Pretty: Phthalates, Beauty Products and the FDA (pdf)
The Solutions: Reducing PVC Use, Tools and Alternatives
List of PVC-free Alternative Medical Devices (pdf), Going Green Factsheet 3-5
Reducing PVC Use in Hospitals (pdf), Going Green Factsheet 3-4
PVC Medical Devices Containing DEHP: Guidelines for an Audit (pdf), Going Green Factsheet 3-13
Alternatives to Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) in Office Supplies (pdf), Going Green Factsheet 3-14
Implementing the FDA's Public Health Notification on PVC Devices Containing DEHP (pdf), Going Green Factsheet 3-12
Case Studies
Resolutions and Shareholder MOUs on PVC, DEHP, Dioxin, and Medical Waste Incineration
DEHP Risk Minimization Strategy (pdf), Going Green Factsheet 3-18 (Also available in French, German, and Czech)
Alternatives to PVC Medical Devices for the NICU (pdf), Going Green
Factsheet 3-21
Green Building: Alternatives to PVC Building Materials for the NICU (pdf), Going Green Factsheet 3-22
Many hospitals are reducing PVC & DEHP use - Learn More
Links
Alternatives to PVC
CERHR List
Sustainable Hospitals Project
Danish PVC website
More information about vinyl
PVC information
Blue Vinyl
My House Is Your House
More information about dioxin
Center for Health, Environment and Justice
More information about phthalates in consumer products
Not Too Pretty
Body Burden
Environmental Working Group
Recent News and Emerging Science on PVC & DEHP
Federal Panel Takes Another Look at DEHP. Read the article from Plastics News, 10/13/05.
National Toxicology Program Expert Panel re-affirms that phthalate DEHP poses a risk to human development and fertility. See panel findings, press release and comments submitted to the panel by Dr. Ted Schettler on behalf of HCWH (pdf). 10/13/05
Male Reproductive Development Is Issue With Phthalates; Wall Street Journal front page, 10/4/05
Danish scientists find new evidence that phthalate exposure can damage human sex organs. Read the report published in Environmental Health Perspectives. 9/12/05
Rocking The Cradle: Read the Environmental Health Perspectives article on Phthalate Exposure in NICU Infants here. 9/8/05
Pledge to Reduce PVC and DEHP in NICUs. Read the pledge (pdf) for hospitals and health systems to reduce their use of vinyl plastic. To sign onto the pledge, please e-mail your contact information to HCWH. 7/05
Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm Sweden report (pdf) documents 8-year PVC phase out, concludes: "More data has been gathered which indicate that the phasing out of PVC and phthalates should be more urgent today..." 6/30/05
New Harvard study: sick infants in intensive care units exposed to high levels of toxic phthalate DEHP. Read the study and press release, see press coverage of the study, and access the audio recording of the press briefing with Harvard study authors (requires RealPlayer) 6/9/05
Studies link chemicals to genital, breast development San Francisco Chronicle story on phthalates. Also see the USA Today story and overview of the study. 5/27/05
PVC Waste Crisis: The United States is facing a looming waste crisis with a conservative estimate of 70 billion pounds of PVC plastic (polyvinyl chloride) slated for disposal in the next decade, says new report by Be Safe Campaign. See report, PVC Bad News Comes in Threes (pdf), or click here for more info, including top 10 states incinerating PVC waste. 12/04
New survey shows 28 out of 32 neonatal intensive care units in Sweden stopped using PVC feeding tubes containing DEHP, due to health concerns. 11/9/04
Philadelphia sees DEHP-free trend. See Philadelphia Inquirer story 5/17/04
Recent Press Releases on PVC
New Harvard Study: Sick infants in hospital intensive care units exposed to high levels of toxic phthalate 6/8/05
PVC-free carpet signals market moving 6/16/04
Newborn children exposed to phthalates from medical devices 6/22/04
American Academy of Pediatrics worried about phthalates in vinyl medical devices 6/11/03
Children, pregnant women need immediate protection from DEHP, says sweeping new European Union proposal 2/19/03
New CDC report finds phthalates and other chemicals commonly used in hospitals at highest levels in children 2/5/03
FDA: Manufacturers should label PVC medical devices made with DEHP, and consider using alternative materials 9/2/02
FDA issues Public Health Notification on phthalates in medical devices: Alternatives to PVC should be used for patients receiving certain medical treatments, agency says 7/15/02
Health Canada panel warns that plasticizer in PVC medical devices may harm developing babies, infants, boys 1/24/02
New PVC-free database: Non-toxic alternatives available for most health care products 1/22/02
AMA urges FDA to address potential risks of PVC medical devices containing DEHP 12/5/01
FDA finds unsafe levels of phthalates leaching from some PVC medical devices 9/5/01
Case Studies
HCWH has been working with health care facilities to phase out the use of PVC. Developing case studies is one important way we can showcase these efforts for other healthcare facilities, and develop models by which they too can eliminate PVC and DEHP.
Karolinska Hospital documents eight-year PVC phase out project (pdf)
PVC and DEHP in Neonatal Intensive Care Units, Kaiser Permanente (pdf)
Attaining 100% DEHP Elimination in IV Bags, Miller Children's Hospital (pdf)
Lucille Packard NICU Makes Major Strides to Remove DEHP and Saves $200,000 by Switching to Custom-made DEHP-free IV Product (pdf)
Evergreen Hospital NICU Strives to Become DEHP- and PVC-free (pdf)
Six Months After FDA Warnings About DEHP, John Muir Medical Center is Proudly DEHP-free (pdf)
Sweden NICUs phase out PVC/DEHP feeding tubes 11/9/04
Prague hospital eliminates PVC IV bags 11/20/03
Glanzing clinic in Vienna is first PVC-free pediatric unit worldwide 6/13/03
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