eBioMedicine, a Lancet journal, recently published an open-access article estimating the global mortality attributed directly to phthalate exposure from plastics. Specifically, they estimated the cardiovascular mortality attributable to di-2-ethylhexylphthalate (DEHP), and the years of life lost as a result. DEHP, used to soften polyvinylchloride (PVC) plastics, was chosen because of its widespread use, robust and…