Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) is a monthly journal of peer-reviewed research and news on the impact of the environment on human health. EHP is published by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and its content is free online. Print issues are available by paid subscription.DISCLAIMER
In the October articles "Children's Centers Study Kids and Chemicals" [Environ Health Perspect 113:A664-A668 (2005)] and "Are EDCs Blurring Issues of Gender?" [Environ Health Perspect 113:A670-A677 (2005)], photographs and their captions erroneously imply that plastic drink bottles contain ortho-phthalates. Plastic drink bottles sold in the United States are made from polyethylene terephthalate and do not contain ortho-phthalates. Also, at the end of the EDCs article, references are made to plastic wrap and Saran Wrap. For clarification, neither plastic wrap nor Saran Wrap contains ortho-phthalates. EHP regrets these errors.
EHP regrets the incorrect and unintentional inference in "Paving Paradise: The Peril of Impervious Surfaces" [Environ Health Perspect 113:A456-A462 (2005)] that coal tar pitch is used in the actual hot-mix asphalt used to pave roads. Coal tar pitch is instead used in many sealcoat formulations used atop asphalt pavement. Findings published in the 1 August 2005 issue of Environmental Science & Technology suggest, in fact, that coal tar-based parking lot sealant may be a major contributor to stream loads of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, including many known carcinogens.
In Figure 1 of the article by Tsan et al. [Environ Health Perspect 113:1784-1786 (2005)], the double bond between HN and boron was incorrect. The corrected figure appears below.