Research Progress on Residues and Toxicity of Sunscreens in Environmental Media
UV radiation can cause health problems such as short-term sunburn,long-term skin erythema and hyperpigmentation,and even lead to serious lesions such as skin cancer.To attenuate the damage caused by UV radiation,sunscreens are added to various products.The exposure levels of UV sunscreens in environmental media such as aqueous environments(<LOD-6969 ng/L),sediments(<LOD-126.5 ng/g),aquatic organisms(LOD-11875 ng/g),the general population(<LOD-525 ng/mL),and indoor dust(66.6-60600 ng/g)in the last 10 years were reviewed in this paper,and the toxic effects of sunscreens in the environment were discussed,including genotoxicity,reproductive developmental toxicity,endocrine disrupting effect,combined exposure toxicity and degradation product toxicity,and the future research directions in this field were envisioned,with a view to providing references for the safe use of sunscreens and the scientific control of sunscreens.