Measurements in urine samples from 20- to 29-year-old student volunteers of the German Environmental Specimen Bank

The charts show the levels of two different chemicals in the human body. One is banned now (DEHP) and the other was introduced as a substitute.

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Metabolite concentration (median in µg/l)

DEHP: (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
DINCH: Diisononyl cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylate
5OH-MEHP: 2-ethyl-5-hydroxy-hexylphthalate and is a marker metabolite of DEHP. A metabolite is a breakdown product of a substance in the human body
OH-MINCH: cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylic mono hydroxyisononyl ester and is a market metabolite of DINCH. A metabolite is a breakdown product of a substance in the human body
5OH-MEHP and OH-MINCH: Breakdown products of DEHP and DINCH

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