A study published in The Journal of Pediatrics shows that dietary exposure to DEHP (di-2-ethyhexylphthalate), a common class of phthalate widely used in industrial food production, may cause elevated systolic blood pressure in children. May 24, 2013 A study published in The Journal of Pediatrics shows that dietary exposure to DEHP (di-2-ethyhexylphthalate), a common class of phthalate widely used in industrial food production, may cause elevated systolic blood pressure in children. The researchers performed a cross-sectional analysis of a subsample of U.S. children ages 6–19 who p...