The diet is the main source of phthalates (PAEs) for human beings. Vegetable oils has a possibility of being contaminated by PAEs. The present study has evaluated the contamination levels of 16 kinds of PAEs in 88 samples of vegetable oils marketed in China and 6 samples taken out from edible oil processing link. Possible contamination sources including raw materials, packaging materials, oil processing link, etc have been analyzed according to the test results. Some preventive ...