Occurrence of personal care products as emerging chemicals of concern in water resources: A review

Personal care products (PCPs) are a diverse group of common household substances used for health, beauty and cleaning purposes. These include disinfectants, fragrances, insect repellents, preservatives and UV filters, among others. Some of them are considered chemicals of emerging concern due to their presence and negative impact on aquatic ecosystems, specially related to endocrine disruption and reproductive disorders. The entry of those chemicals to water bodies occurs mainly through the sewage effluents from wastewater treatment plants due to their incomplete or inefficient removal. The purpose of this review was to collect and analyze data about the incidence and concentrations of PCPs reported as emerging pollutants in different water matrices, including wastewater influents and effluents. Our database is composed of 141 articles with information about 72 PCPs recorded as emerging pollutants in 30 countries, in concentrations ranging from 0.029 ng/L to 7.811 × 106 ng/L. Fragrances, antiseptics and sunscreens were the most reported groups. As expected, the largest number of PCPs documented as emerging pollutants were found in wastewater treatment plant effluents with a total of 64 compounds, compared to 43 in surface water and 23 in groundwater, which evidence the anthropological contribution of PCPs to water bodies. These molecules were found in all the continents, however, there is a lack of information regarding the presence of emerging pollutants from PCPs in developing countries. Therefore, we suggest further efforts in assessing the occurrence and concentrations of these chemicals in those areas. © 2017 Elsevier B.V.

• Fecha de publicación: 2017
• Institución: Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
• Repositorio: Repositorio Institucional UTB
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.utb.edu.co:20.500.12585/8929
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12585/8929
• Palabra clave: Aquatic environment; Emerging pollutant; Endocrine disrupting chemicals; PCPs; Wastewater; Aquatic ecosystems; Chemicals; Developing countries; Endocrine disrupters; Filtration; Ground water; Groundwater pollution; Odors; Sewage; Sewage pumping plants; Sewage treatment plants; Surface waters; Toxicity; Wastewater; Wastewater treatment; Water treatment plants; Aquatic environments; Emerging pollutants; Endocrine disrupting chemicals; PCPs; Personal care products; Reproductive disorders; Wastewater treatment plant effluent; Wastewater treatment plants; Effluents; Antiinfective agent; Chemicals and drugs; Diethyltoluamide; Disinfectant agent; Fragrance; Galaxolide; Ground water; Insect repellent; Methyl paraben; Oxybenzone; Personal care product; Preservative; Sunscreen; Surface water; Triclocarban; Triclosan; Unclassified drug; Cosmetic; Concentration (composition); Developing world; Eeffluent; Endocrine disruptor; Pollution incidence; Pollution monitoring; PPCP; Wastewater; Water quality; Water resource; Chemical analysis; Effluent; Environmental impact assessment; Review; Sludge; Spain; United States; Waste water management; Water contamination; Water pollution; Water supply; Analysis; Environmental monitoring; Sewage; Waste water; Water pollutant; Water supply; Hexapoda; Cosmetics; Environmental monitoring; Sewage; Waste water; Water Pollutants, Chemical; Water resources
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/