This report provides a summary, with conclusions, of the Risk Assessment Report on the substance dibutyl phthalate that has been prepared in the context of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 793/93 on the evaluation and control of existing substances. With regards to Human Health (toxicity) : For consumers, there is at present no need for further information or testing or risk reduction measures beyond those which are being applied already. For workers, there is a need for limiting the risks for workers because of concerns for general systemic toxicity as a consequence of repeated dermal exposure and repeated inhalation exposure in all occupational exposure scenarios. It is possible that in some industrial premises adequate worker protection measures are already being applied. The conclusion for the environment is an anticipated risk for plants (atmospheric exposure) at a local scale around units using DBP (PVC production, adhesive production, printing ink usage and glass fibre production), and that there is a need for limiting the risks for plants, taking into account the measures already being applied. For effects on the aquatic compartment (including sediment), soil and secondary poisoning, there is at present no need for further information or testing or risk reduction measures beyond those which are being applied already.

Reference : DIBUTYL PHTHALATE - Summary Risk Assessment Report with addendum 2004. http://www.phthalates.com/upload/documents/document31.pdf
Opinion on medical devices containing DEHP plasticized PVC neonates and possibly at risk from DEHP toxicity. http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/food/fs/sc/scmp/out43_en.pdf.