What beauty products, household products and products that we use
daily have Phthalates in them?  Is there A FDA regulation of the
amount?

Hello faithful-ga

While it is impossible to compose a lit of everything, I can give you
a good over view.

First off, I found a list of many beauty products that contain
Phthalates and some alternatives. Some places that sell Phthalates
free products are The Body Shop and Aveda

You can view the list here:
http://www.nottoopretty.org/goodbad.htm

It seems that Phthalates are in many of our everyday products such as
25% of medical care products, toys, vinyl flooring and wall covering,
detergents, lubricating oils, food packaging, pharmaceuticals, blood
bags and tubing, and personal care products, such as nail polish, hair
sprays, soaps, and shampoos.
It's used to make plastic more flexible. Therefore, with the amount of
plastic floating around this rock we call earth, you probably run into
it on a daily basis. Some principle Phthalates are dibutylphthalate
(DBP), dimethylphthalate (DMP), and diethylphthalate (DEP) so you can
look for that on the label.

However, the FDA does not require that Phthalates be listed in the
ingredients, so, knowing every product is just not possible.

As far as the FDA stance, right now...

"FDA believes that at the present time there is no reason for
consumers to be alarmed at the use of cosmetics containing phthalates.
However, the agency is in the process of evaluating the study data to
determine whether the levels described in the CDC report are a health
concern.

If FDA determines that a health hazard exists, the agency will advise
the industry and the public, and will consider its legal options under
the authority of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act in protecting the
health and welfare of consumers."

In addition, the CDC (Center for Disease Control) states that:

"The CDC data show that the median exposure to dibutyl phthalate
(DBP), a phthalate found in small quantities in personal care
products, is 100 times below the very conservative safety levels set
by regulators."

Links for more information:
http://www.phthalates.org/mediacenter/panelstatement.asp?ID=7
http://www.checnet.org/healthehouse/education/articles-detail.asp?Main_ID=473
http://www.annieappleseedproject.org/fdaphthalmed.html
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-phth.html

I found this information with a Google search for 
Phthalates FDA
://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=Phthalates+FDA&btnG=Search

If this answer requires further explanation, please request
clarification before rating it, and I'll be happy to look into this
further.
Nenna-GA
Google Answers Researcher

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Request for Answer Clarification by faithful-ga on 30 Jul 2004 17:21 PDT

Can you let me know what household products are safe?

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Clarification of Answer by nenna-ga on 31 Jul 2004 09:05 PDT

Hello again,

Here is the Safer Products Store, which gives you a place to view and
purchase products that are not harmful to you or the enviroment. It
has a huge selction, such as apparal, lawn and garden, household, and
lighting. I'm sure this will help you find household products that you
require.

http://chec.greenhome.com/products/

Here's a link to the housekeeping section specifically:
http://chec.greenhome.com/products/housekeeping/

Nenna-GA

Hey...try this link. It may help

http://www.acereport.org/personalcare2.html