Environmental risk assessment of parabens in surface water from a Brazilian river: the case of Mogi Guaçu Basin, São Paulo State, under precipitation anomalies

Galinaro, Carlos Alexandre; Spadoto, Mariângela; Aquino, Francisco Wendel Batista de; Pelinson, Natália de Souza; Vieira, Eny María

doi:10.1007/s11356-021-16315-x

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“…Parabens have been continuously discharged into the natural habitats from production factories and hospitals due to their extensive utilization in cosmetics, household essentials, and pharmaceuticals with specified ranges [43][44][45][46]. Hence, these chemicals have been easily detected in air, water, dust, and soil [47].…”

Section: Parabensmentioning

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Algae bioprocess to deal with cosmetic chemical pollutants in natural ecosystems: A comprehensive review

et al. 2021

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Elevated demand and extensive exploitation of cosmetics in day-to-day life have hiked up its industrial productions worldwide. Organic and inorganic chemicals like parabens, phthalates, sulfates, and so forth are being applied as constituents towards the formulations, which tend to be the mainspring ecological complication due to their enduring nature and accumulation properties in various sections of the ecosystem. These cosmetic chemicals get accrued into the terrestrial and aquatic systems on account of various anthropogenic activities involving agricultural runoff, industrial discharge, and domestic effluents. Recently, the use of microbes for remediating persistent cosmetic chemicals has gained immense interest. Among different forms of the microbial community being applied as an environmental beneficiary, algae play a vital role in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems by their biologically beneficial metabolites and molecules, resulting in the biobenign and efficacious consequences. The use of various bacterial, fungal, and higher plant species has been studied intensely for their bioremediation elements. The bioremediating property of the algal cells through biosorption, bioassimilation, biotransformation, and biodegradation has made it favorable for the removal of persistent and toxic pollutants from the environment. However, the research investigation concerned with the bioremediation potential of the algal kingdom is limited. This review summarizes and provides updated and comprehensive insights into the potential remediation capabilities of algal species against ecologically hazardous pollutants concerning cosmetic chemicals.

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Section: Parabensmentioning

confidence: 99%

Algae bioprocess to deal with cosmetic chemical pollutants in natural ecosystems: A comprehensive review

et al. 2021

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“…Some of them are of natural origin-produced by certain types of plants and bacteria, but the vast majority of parabens in the environment are the result of anthropogenic activity and using of these compounds in the industry [2]. Till now, the presence of parabens has been noted in the soil, surface water, air and dust in various parts of the world [7][8][9]. Moreover, these substances can penetrate to the living organisms through the digestive tract, lungs and skin [1,2].…”

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“…Among a wide range of endocrine disrupting chemicals polluting the environment occupy a special place. On one side, as mentioned above, they are used on massive scale in the cosmetic, plastics, food, pharmaceuticals and other industries [1,2,4] and therefore pollute the natural environment to a significant extent [7][8][9]. On the other hand, until recently parabens were considered to be non-toxic, and their multidirectional adverse effects have been described relatively recently [1,2].…”

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Biomonitoring of parabens in wild boars through hair samples analysis

Gonkowski,

Tzatzarakis,

Vakonaki

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Parabens are compounds widely utilized in the industry as preservative additives to personal care products, cosmetics and food. They pollute the environment and penetrate to the living organisms through the digestive tract, respiratory system and skin. Till now the knowledge about exposure of terrestrial wild mammals to parabens is extremely scarce. Therefore, this study for the first time assessed the concentration levels of five parabens commonly used in industry (methylparaben—MeP, ethylparaben—EtP propylparaben–PrP, benzylparaben -BeP and butylparaben–BuP). Substances have been analyzed in hair samples collected from wild boars using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) method. The hair is a matrix, which allows to study long-term exposure of organisms to parabens. During this study MeP was noted in 96.3% of samples with mean 88.3±72.9 pg/mg, PrP in 87.0% of samples with mean 8.5±3.3 pg/mg, BeP in 44.4% of samples with mean 17.2±12.3 pg/mg and EtP in 11.1% of samples with mean 17.2±4.8 pg/mg. In turn BuP was noted only in 3.7% of samples with concentration levels below limit of quantification (2.6 pg/mg). Statistically significant intragender differences in parabens levels have not been noted. Only BeP concentration levels depended on industrialization and density of human population of area, where the animals lived. This study indicates that wild boars are exposed to parabens, especially to MeP and PrP, and analysis of the hair seems to be a useful tool of biomonitoring of parabens in wild mammals.

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“…PrP is also frequently detected in the aquatic environment, for instance, ND-217 μg/L in the groundwater, ND-229 μg/L in the surface water [ 8 , 18 , 19 , 20 ], ND-480 ng/L in source water, ND-590 ng/L in drinking water [ 21 ], 23 ng/L in mineral water and 9 ng/L in tap water [ 6 ]. It is noteworthy that PrP has the possibility of bioaccumulation in nontarget aquatic organisms, since it had been absorbed by wild fish (0–4.58 μg/kg ww in the muscle, 0–6.72 μg/kg ww in the liver, 0–8.38 μg/L in the plasma) [ 7 , 22 ], so the toxicity of PrP to aquatic organisms can not be ignored.…”

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Endocrine Disruption of Propylparaben in the Male Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis): Tissue Injuries and Abnormal Gene Expressions of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal-Liver Axis

Song

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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Propylparaben (PrP) is a widely used preservative that is constantly detected in aquatic environments and poses a potential threat to aquatic ecosystems. In the present work, adult male mosquitofish were acutely (4d) and chronically (32d) exposed to environmentally and humanly realistic concentrations of PrP (0, 0.15, 6.00 and 240 μg/L), aimed to investigate the toxic effects, endocrine disruption and possible mechanisms of PrP. Histological analysis showed time- and dose-dependent manners in the morphological injuries of brain, liver and testes. Histopathological alterations in the liver were found in 4d and severe damage was identified in 32d, including hepatic sinus dilatation, cytoplasmic vacuolation, cytolysis and nuclear aggregation. Tissue impairments in the brain and testes were detected in 32d; cell cavitation, cytomorphosis and blurred cell boundaries appeared in the brain, while the testes lesions contained spermatogenic cell lesion, decreased mature seminal vesicle, sperm cells gathering, seminiferous tubules disorder and dilated intercellular space. Furthermore, delayed spermatogenesis had occurred. The transcriptional changes of 19 genes along the hypothalamus–pituitary–gonadal–liver (HPGL) axis were investigated across the three organs. The disrupted expression of genes such as Ers, Ars, Vtgs, cyp19a, star, hsd3b, hsd17b3 and shh indicated the possible abnormal steroidogenesis, estrogenic or antiandrogen effects of PrP. Overall, the present results provided evidences for the toxigenicity and endocrine disruptive effects on the male mosquitofish of chronic PrP exposure, which highlights the need for more investigations of its potential health risks.

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Environmental risk assessment of parabens in surface water from a Brazilian river: the case of Mogi Guaçu Basin, São Paulo State, under precipitation anomalies

Cited by 22 publications

References 60 publications

Algae bioprocess to deal with cosmetic chemical pollutants in natural ecosystems: A comprehensive review

Algae bioprocess to deal with cosmetic chemical pollutants in natural ecosystems: A comprehensive review

Biomonitoring of parabens in wild boars through hair samples analysis

Endocrine Disruption of Propylparaben in the Male Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis): Tissue Injuries and Abnormal Gene Expressions of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal-Liver Axis

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