Freshwater Environmental Risk Assessment of Down-the-Drain Octinoxate Emissions in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Organic ultraviolet (UV) filters are used in a variety of cosmetic and personal care products (CPCPs), including sunscreens, due to their ability to absorb solar radiation. These UV filters can be washed down the drain through bathing, cleansing, or the laundering of clothing, therefore UV filters can enter the freshwater environment via wastewater treatment plant effluent, and so a freshwater risk assessment is necessary to establish the environmentally safe use of these important CPCP ingredients. In the present study, an environmental safety assessment for a UV filter of regulatory concern, octinoxate, was conducted. An established risk assessment framework designed specifically for CPCPs released to the freshwater environment in the United States was used for the assessment. A distribu

SUBMITTER: Burns EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9828718 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature