Weekend Intercampus Shuttle. Service from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Does not run on the following days due to home football games and University holidays: September 5, September 12, September 19, October 24, November 7, November 28, and November 29.
Definition of PHTHALATE. : any of various salts or esters of phthalic acid used especially as plasticizers and in solvents.ADVERTISEMENT. noun phthalÂ·ate \Ëthal-ËÄt\. : a salt or ester of phthalic acid.efinition of PHTHALATE. : any of various salts or esters of phthalic acid used especially as plasticizers and in solvents. ADVERTISEMENT. noun phthalÂ·ate \Ëthal-ËÄt\.
Phthalate exposure may be through direct use or by indirect means through leaching and general environmental contamination. Diet is believed to be the main source of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and other phthalates in the general population.Fatty foods such as milk, butter, and meats are a major source. In studies of rodents exposed to certain phthalates, high doses have been shown to change hormone levels and cause birth defects.hthalate esters are the di alkyl or alkyl aryl esters of phthalic acid (also called 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, not be confused with the structurally isomeric terephthalic or isophthalic acids); the name phthalate derives from phthalic acid, which itself is derived from word  naphthalene .