Endocrine-disrupting chemicals known as phthalates — which are commonly used in plastics — may increase the risk of diabetes in women, a new study has found. White women with high exposures to some of these substances had a 30 percent to 63 percent higher chance of developing diabetes, according to the study published on Wednesday in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. However, researchers found no association between these harmful chemicals and diabetes incidence in Black or Asian women. “People are exposed to phthalates daily increasing their risk of several metabolic diseases,” Sung Kyun Park, an associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Michiga
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