Ecotoxicological effect characterisation of widely used organic UV filters

Kaiser, Dominic; Sieratowicz, Agnes; Zielke, Hanno; Oetken, Matthias; Hollert, Henner; Oehlmann, Jörg

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2011.12.014

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“…The reason why these compounds are under scope is related to their toxicity and adverse effects like the known estrogenic effects on biota and humans (Schlumpf et al, 2004;Bester, 2007;Weisbrod et al, 2007;Sieratowicz et al, 2011;Kaiser et al, 2012;Paredes et al, 2014). These effects have already been systematically described by Díaz-Cruz and Barceló (2009) and they include estrogenic activities in vitro , maximum effects on cell proliferation by EMC, ODP, 4-MBC and HMS (Ciszmas et al, 2008), induction of transcriptional activation of human estrogenic receptor α (hERα) and β (hERβ) by BP3, BMDM, EMC, ODP, 4-MBC and HMS (Schreurs et al, 2002).…”

Section: Toxicity and Legislationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Advances in analytical methods and occurrence of organic UV-filters in the environment — A review

Ramos

Homem

Alves

et al. 2015

Science of The Total Environment

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UV-filters are a group of compounds designed mainly to protect skin against UVA and UVB radiation, but they are also included in plastics, furniture, etc., to protect products from light damage. Their massive use in sunscreens for skin protection has been increasing due to the awareness of the chronic and acute effects of UV radiation. Some organic UV-filters have raised significant concerns in the past few years for their continuous usage, persistent input and potential threat to ecological environment and human health. UV-filters end up is wastewater and because wastewater treatment plants are not efficient in removing them, lipophilic compounds tend to sorb onto sludge and hydrophilics end up in river water, contaminating the existing biota. To better understand the risk associated with UV-filters in the environment a thorough review regarding their physicochemical properties, toxicity and environmental degradation, analytical methods and their occurrence was conducted.Higher UV-filter concentrations were found in rivers, reaching 0.3 mg/L for the most studied family, the benzophenone derivatives. Concentrations in the ng to µg/L range were also detected for the paminobenzoic acid, cinnamate, crylene and benzoyl methane derivatives in lake and sea water.Although at lower levels (few ng/L), UV-filters were also found in tap and groundwater. Swimming pool water is also a sink for UV-filters and its chlorine by-products, at the µg/L range, highlighting the benzophenone and benzimidazole derivatives. Soils and sediments are not frequently studied, but concentrations in the µg/L range have already been found especially for the benzophenone and crylene derivatives. Aquatic biota is frequently studied and UV-filters are found in the ng/g-dw range with higher values for fish and mussels. It has been concluded that more information regarding UVfilter degradation studies both in water and sediments is necessary and environmental occurrences should be monitored more frequently and deeply. SEHSDT -sequential extraction with high-speed dispersion tool; SLE -solid-liquid extraction; SPEsolid-phase extraction; SPF -sun protection factor; SPLE -selective pressurized liquid extraction;SPMDs -semipermeable membrane devices; SPME -solid phase microextraction; TD -thermal desorption; TCE -tetrachloroethylene; THF -tetrahydrofuran; Tl -toluene; UPLC -ultraperformance liquid chromatography; USE -ultrasound extraction; UV -ultraviolet; WTP -water treatment plant; WWTP -wastewater treatment plant 4

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Section: Toxicity and Legislationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Advances in analytical methods and occurrence of organic UV-filters in the environment — A review

Ramos

Homem

Alves

et al. 2015

Science of The Total Environment

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110

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“…BP-3 high levels found in beach waters could be explained on the basis of its higher water solubility, since this UV filter exhibits the lowest log K ow (3.79) of all UV filters under study (Díaz-Cruz et al, 2008). However, despite the lower solubility of OC and BMDBM (log K ow of 6.1 and 6.9 respectively; Kaiser et al, 2012) and high affinity for particulate matter, the high values of these compounds found could be a consequence of their extensive use in sunscreen formulations. BMDBM is the most widely used commercially available UVA filter (Shaath, 2005).…”

Section: Uv Filters Levelsmentioning

confidence: 81%

Occurrence of eight UV filters in beaches of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands). An approach to environmental risk assessment

2015

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“…In general, risk for acute toxic effects posed by sunscreens is unlikely to aquatic organisms at usual environmental detected levels [22], but chronic environmental toxic effects cannot be ruled out [6,23]. Data of their effects in different aquatic organisms, such as the standard model Daphnia magna [6], other invertebrates [23,24], fish [25][26][27], and tadpoles [28] among others, can be found. In those studies, D. magna was observed to be most sensitive over short-term exposures (48 h) to UV filters with higher log K ow , such as ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate (EHMC) [6].…”

Section: Environmental Effectsmentioning

confidence: 95%

UV Filters Biodegradation by Fungi, Metabolites Identification and Biological Activity Assessment

Badia-Fabregat

Caminal

Vicent

et al. 2012

The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

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Organic UV filters used in cosmetics and sunlight protection of materials are considered emerging contaminants. These xenobiotic compounds occur in the environment in relevant concentrations and display critical properties such as environmental persistence and bioaccumulation. They enter the environment mainly through the liquid effluent of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), but, due to their high hydrophobicity, they are also adsorbed in WWTP sludge, that is, eventually spread on agricultural fields as fertilizer. The treatment of WWTP sludge with the white-rot fungi Trametes versicolor has emerged as a feasible alternative to current conventional treatment processes to degrade them in a range from 87% in the case of 3-(4 0 -methylbenzylidene) camphor (4-MBC) to 100% of benzophenone-3 (BP3) and its metabolite 4,4 0 -dihydroxybenzophenone (4DHB). When treating the sewage sludge to remove sunscreens content, it is crucial to establish the biological activity profile along the process. metabolites possessed significant oestrogenic activity at the produced concentrations. These results demonstrate the suitability of fungi to degrade sunscreen agents and eliminate their oestrogenic activity.

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Ecotoxicological effect characterisation of widely used organic UV filters

Cited by 125 publications

References 54 publications

Advances in analytical methods and occurrence of organic UV-filters in the environment — A review

Advances in analytical methods and occurrence of organic UV-filters in the environment — A review

Occurrence of eight UV filters in beaches of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands). An approach to environmental risk assessment

UV Filters Biodegradation by Fungi, Metabolites Identification and Biological Activity Assessment

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