More significant than the fact that a writer at the popular website is coming out for arguments based on science and not simply fear mongering, is that the comments include some from people who obviously are in the industry and close to the phthalates "wars."
Take a look here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-entine/plastic-wars-science-lose_b_847412.html
And here you'll find a link to a list of some of the articles we've published on phthalates over the past 10-15 years:
http://www.plasticstoday.com/search/node/phthalates