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Cosmetic Ingredients as Emerging Pollutants of Environmental and Health Concern. A Mini-Review

Cosmetics 2017 238 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count. Score: 55 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.
Claudia Juliano, Giovanni Magrini

Summary

This review examines cosmetic and personal care product ingredients that are considered emerging environmental pollutants, including UV filters, parabens, triclosan, and microplastic beads. Due to their continuous and large-scale release into the environment through daily use, many of these compounds persist and bioaccumulate, posing potential threats to ecosystems and human health. The study underscores the need for greater regulation and awareness of cosmetic ingredients as a source of environmental contamination.

Cosmetic and personal care products are used in huge quantities throughout the world; as a result of their regular use, they are continuously released into the environment in very large amounts. Many of these products are biologically active and are characterized by persistence and bioaccumulation potential, posing a threat to ecosystem and human health. On the basis of the most recent scientific literature available on this subject, this paper provides an overview of some cosmetic ingredients that are considered environmental emerging pollutants of particular concern such as UV filters, some preservatives (parabens, triclosan), and microplastics.

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