Repeat After Me: Phthalates, Phthalates

If you read something like this in your favorite electron array or newsprint news source ...

A new health alert over chemicals used in make-up, shampoo and soaps is issued today. Experts say products containing the chemicals - called phthalates - could cause women to give birth to boys with female characteristics.

... fear not; it's just more Greenie fearmongering, and Greenie Watch has the comforting rebuttal. In a nutshell, they've tried this twice before, in the 1970s and 1990s, and they've dusted it off again, once again without evidence.