Science of the Total Environment vol. 458–460 (2013) pp. 451–458 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.04.056 Study on the leaching of phthalates from polyethylene terephthalate bottles into mineral water Szilvia Keresztes 1 , Enikő Tatár 1 , Zsuzsanna Czégény 2 , Gyula Záray 1 , Victor G. Mihucz 1,* 1 Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, H-1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A 2 Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1525 Budapest P.O. Box 17, Hungary Keywords: carbonated, non-carbonated, DEHP, PET, bottled water, solar water disinfection *Corresponding author: Victor G. Mihucz, Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, H-1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, tel: +36-1-372-2555; 1227 ext.; fax: +36-1-372-2608; e-mail: vigami72@yahoo.es