Causes Who is at risk? You are at risk for prediabetes if any of the following are true: You are overweight or obese. You have a parent, brother or sister who has diabetes. You had diabetes during pregnancy (called gestational diabetes) or had a baby who weighed more than 9 pounds at birth.
Use in Cosmetics. Dibutyl phthalate (pronounced thal-ate), or DBP, is used mainly in nail products as a solvent for dyes and as a plasticizer that prevents nail polishes from becoming brittle.Phthalates are also used as fragrance ingredients in many other cosmetics, but consumers won't find these listed on the label.Credit: Gwen via Flickr.). Dibutyl phthalate (pronounced thal-ate), or DBP, is used mainly in nail products as a solvent for dyes and as a plasticizer that prevents nail polishes from becoming brittle.
The size of the person and the timing of the exposure are as important as the amount of exposure, Malkan added. Proponents of DBP use in cosmetics are correct that nail polishes that include the ingredient have not been conclusively proven to be toxic to humans.Nor, however, has it been proven that DBP in polishes does not cause harmful long-term effects.n 2004, OPI was forced to remove DBP from its polishes sold in Europe after the European Union banned it along with many other personal-care product ingredients known or strongly suspected of causing cancer, mutations or birth defects.