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Diethyl Phthalate
This is a chemical that is common in everyday substances. It is used in the making of household perfumes, air fresheners and numerous other products that come in aerosol forms. In pure form, the chemical is toxic (“Diethyl Phthalate”, 2018).
Route and Duration of Exposure
There are numerous pathways through which one can get contaminated with the chemical. Any contact with the chemical results in contamination. This includes contact with skin, inhalation, eyes, and ingestion (“ATSDR – Public Health Statement: Diethyl phthalate”, 2018). The duration that is needed to cause contamination depends on the concentration of the subject with a 48-hour duration anticipated at 2% concentration.
Symptoms
The most common symptoms of contamination with diethyl phthalate include dizziness, headaches, teas formations, vestibular dysfunction, spasms in arms and legs, numbness, pain, nausea, and polyneuropathy. If an individual is exposed to the chemical repeatedly, the can develop central nervous complications and asthma-like complications (“ATSDR – Public Health Statement: Diethyl phthalate”, 2018).
Type
This chemical is a teratogen. This is a term that is used to define compounds that might have particular impacts on the fetuses if used by pregnant organisms. In an experiment where mice were treated with the chemical, skeletal deformities were observed in the fetuses.
LD50
The acute oral toxicity for an animal has been represented with 1000mg/kg.

This is according to the research done on rabbits and may be different in other organisms.
Interaction with Other Chemicals that Would Cause Antagonism
The chemical is antagonistic in contact with acids to produce health.
Research o Risk Assessment
SIMPLE research for risk assessment can be conducted through literature review. There are numerous articles online that discuss the effects of exposure to diethyl phthalate. The only challenge to this may be vested interests that are frequent in chemical industries (“Diethyl phthalate”, 2018). The research, therefore, needs to ensure they analyze the conflict of interests amongst individuals who public the articles what will be used for the analysis.

References
ATSDR – Public Health Statement: Diethyl phthalate. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/phs/phs.asp?id=601&tid=112
Diethyl phthalate. (2018). Retrieved from https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/diethyl_phthalate
Diethyl Phthalate. (2018). Retrieved from https://webbook.nist.gov/cgi/cbook.cgi?ID=84-66-2