To the stupid bimbo reporting on-location at Goodwill: The word is phthalates. The PHTH is sounded as a single T, the AL sounds like SAL’s guy’s name, not LAY, and then you ATE the ending.
Say it like this: TAL – ATEs
What are they? They are a chemical used in making plastic. Old people remember when plastics first came out. They were hard, and ugly, and not at all cool. Then some guy in a white lab coat and horn-rimmed glasses added these phthalates to plastics and suddenly plastic was made flexible and colorful. Jetson’s here we come!
So what is the big deal? Moms are afraid that phthalates are going to cause extra arms to grow on their little babies. This isn’t going to happen. In rodents – Mice, rats, and other yucky creatures, they cause some liver toxicity when EATEN in huge doses. You would have to eat 5 bags of day-glow orange colored Cheetos for a year to get the same kind of test in humans. And don’t forget, that booze causes liver toxicity. And a Baby Rat doesn’t develop the same way little Johnny does during pregnancy, because they are a different species.
Is it bad, if you drink a whole bucket of this stuff while you are knocked up? – Yes.
Can you play with that giant beach ball at the next pool party without jeopardizing your fetus? – Yes.
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