Table 2.

Detection frequencies [n (%)] of phthalate esters by food group from Albany, New York.

Food	No. of samples	DMP	DEP	DiBP	DBP	DnHP	BBzP	DCHP	DEHP	DnOP
Beverages	8	2 (25)	0	3 (38)	0	0	0	0	1 (13)	0
Milk	2	0	1 (50)	1 (50)	1 (50)	0	1 (50)	0	2 (100)	1 (50)
Other dairy	9	4 (44)	6 (67)	7 (78)	5 (56)	3 (33)	6 (67)	1 (11)	9 (100)	1 (11)
Fish	5	2 (40)	3 (60)	2 (40)	2 (40)	1 (20)	2 (40)	0	4 (80)	0
Fruits/vegetables	5	0	1 (20)	4 (80)	0	0	2 (40)	0	2 (40)	0
Grain	7	5 (71)	7 (100)	6 (86)	6 (86)	3 (43)	7 (100)	0	7 (100)	0
Beef	2	1 (50)	2 (100)	0	0	1 (50)	1 (50)	0	0	1 (50)
Pork	4	2 (50)	4 (100)	1 (25)	0	0	1 (25)	0	3 (75)	1 (25)
Poultry	6	3 (50)	5 (83)	0	0	1 (17)	2 (33)	0	5 (83)	0
Meat and meat products	13	7 (54)	12 (92)	1 (8)	0	2 (15)	4 (31)	0	9 (69)	2 (15)
Vegetable oils	3	1 (33)	0	2 (67)	1 (33)	1 (33)	3 (100)	1 (33)	2 (67)	1 (33)
Condiments	6	3 (50)	3 (50)	5 (83)	3 (50)	0	4 (67)	1 (17)	5 (83)	1 (17)
Infant food	7	0	4 (57)	5 (71)	2 (29)	0	6 (86)	1 (14)	7 (100)	2 (29)
Total	65a	24 (37)	37 (57)	36 (55)	20 (31)	10 (15)	35 (54)	4 (6)	48 (74)	8 (12)
LODs (wet weight): DBP = 1.4, DEHP = 3.7, DnOP = 1.0, all others = 0.2 ng/g. aTotal number of individual samples, does not include samples in more than one group.