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Doctors and hospitals back bill to remove DEHP from medical IV bags and tubing
Summary
Clinicians and manufacturers urged the committee to pass legislation banning the plasticizer DEHP from medical infusion bags and tubing, arguing safer alternatives exist and patients — including infants and cancer patients — are routinely exposed to high DEHP levels during care.
Several clinicians, researchers and a medical-products manufacturer told the committee that medical devices containing the plasticizer DEHP expose patients to a toxic endocrine-disrupting chemical and that safer alternatives are available. Dr. Bridget Lee, an emergency physician, described evidence that phthalates like DEHP act as endocrine disruptors and cited studies linking exposure to elevated blood pressure in newborns and other adverse outcomes. “We clearly need plastics in healthcare for lifesaving…
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