Endocrine Disruption
TEDX List of Potential Endocrine Disruptors
di(2-ethylhexyl)adipate
CAS # 103-23-1
Alternative Names
DEHA
di-(2-ethylhexyl) adipate
bis(2-ethylhexyl)adipate
bis(2-ethylhexyl)hexanedioate
Categories*
Food additives and contact material
Household product ingredient
Industrial additive
Personal care product/Cosmetic ingredient
Pesticide ingredient
Plastic/Rubber
Solvent
Unconventional Oil and Gas
Evidence Supporting This Chemical as an Endocrine Disruptor
Jobling S, Reynolds T, White R, Parker MG, Sumpter JP. 1995. A variety of environmentally persistent chemicals, including some phthalate plasticizers, are weakly estrogenic. Environ Health Perspect 103(6):582-587.
Singh AR, Lawrence WH, Autian J. 1975. Dominant lethal mutations and antifertility effects of di-2-ethylhexyl adipate and diethyl adipate in male mice. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 32(3):566-576.
*Category References
National Pesticide Information Retrieval System.
Orem WH, Tatu CA, Lerch HE, Rice CA, Bartos TT, Bates AL, Tewalt S, Corum MD. 2007. Organic compounds in produced waters from coalbed natural gas wells in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, USA. Appl Geochem 22(10):2240-2256.
US Dept of Health & Human Services. Household Products Database.
US EPA. InertFinder.
US National Library of Medicine. Haz-Map.
US National Library of Medicine. Hazardous Substances Data Bank.