The expanded study confirms that the average doses of all the measured phthalates are well below the safety levels established by government regulatory agencies - levels that already have a built-in safety factor of 100 to 1,000. While there are variations among the various groups measured, even the highest levels reported by the CDC — the so-called 95th percentile - equate to exposures well below safety levels. In particular 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.