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Trace analysis of benzophenone-type UV filters in water and their effects on human estrogen and androgen receptors

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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 456, Issue -, Pages -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131617

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Biodegradation; LC-MS; MS method development; Monitoring; Organic UV filters; Yeast-based reporter gene-assays

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Fast and accurate analytical methods are crucial for risk assessments of benzophenone-type UV filters (BPs) to determine and monitor their levels in the environment. This study presents an LC-MS/MS method that can identify 10 different BPs in environmental samples with minimal sample preparation and a LOQ range from 2 to 1060 ng/L. The study also reveals the abundance of BP-4 in surface waters and highlights the formation of an estrogenic transformation product, 4-OH-BP, during biodegradation of benzophenone.
To carry out risk assessments of benzophenone-type UV filters (BPs), fast and accurate analytical methods are crucial to determine and monitor levels in the environment. This study presents an LC-MS/MS method that requires minimal sample preparation and yet can identify 10 different BPs in environmental samples such as surface or wastewater resulting in a LOQ range from 2 to 1060 ng/L. The method suitability was tested through environmental monitoring, which showed that, BP-4 is the most abundant derivative found in the surface waters of Germany, India, South Africa and Vietnam. BP-4 levels correlate with the WWTP effluent fraction of the respective river for selected samples in Germany. Peak values of 171 ng/L for 4-hydroxybenzophenone (4-OH -BP), as measured in Vietnamese surface water, already exceed the PNEC value of 80 ng/L, elevating 4-OH-BP to the status of a new pollutant that needs more frequent monitoring. Moreover, this study reveals that during biodegradation of benzophenone in river water, the transformation product 4-OH-BP is formed which contain structural alerts for estrogenic activity. By using yeast-based reporter gene assays, this study provides bio-equivalents of 9 BPs, 4-OH-BP, 2,3,4-tri-OH-BP, 4-cresol and benzoate and complements the existing structure-activities relationships of BPs and their degradation products.

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