Exploring phthalate contamination of globally traded vegetables produced in plastic greenhouses

My research at AIAS focuses on the risk cycle of phthalate transfer driven by food trade between the EU and China under current policy conditions. I will quantify phthalate exposure and health impacts associated with vegetable consumption as an example traded with China, explore whether existing policy loopholes, and provide science-based support for alternative policy measures if it is. Methods are related to an environmental mixed unit input-output model, process-based life cycle analysis, exposure scenario modelling, urinary metabolites biomonitoring, phthalate dose-response curves of diabetes or other diseases, and cost-benefit analysis.