Recent Advances on Endocrine Disrupting Effects of UV Filters

Ultraviolet (UV) filters are used widely in cosmetics, plastics, adhesives and other industrial products to protect human skin or products against direct exposure to deleterious UV radiation. With growing usage and mis-disposition of UV filters, they currently represent a new class of contaminants o...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2016-08, Vol.13 (8), p.1-1
Main Authors: Wang, Jiaying, Pan, Liumeng, Wu, Shenggan, Lu, Liping, Xu, Yiwen, Zhu, Yanye, Guo, Ming, Zhuang, Shulin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Benzophenones
Bioassays
Camphor
Cosmetics
Endocrine Disruptors
Gene expression
Humans
Metabolites
Review
Rodents
Skin
Skin Neoplasms - prevention & control
Studies
Sunscreening Agents
Surface water
Thyroid gland
Ultraviolet Rays - adverse effects
Urine
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Summary:Ultraviolet (UV) filters are used widely in cosmetics, plastics, adhesives and other industrial products to protect human skin or products against direct exposure to deleterious UV radiation. With growing usage and mis-disposition of UV filters, they currently represent a new class of contaminants of emerging concern with increasingly reported adverse effects to humans and other organisms. Exposure to UV filters induce various endocrine disrupting effects, as revealed by increasing number of toxicological studies performed in recent years. It is necessary to compile a systematic review on the current research status on endocrine disrupting effects of UV filters toward different organisms. We therefore summarized the recent advances on the evaluation of the potential endocrine disruptors and the mechanism of toxicity for many kinds of UV filters such as benzophenones, camphor derivatives and cinnamate derivatives.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph13080782