Personal care products are only one of many exposure routes of natural toxic substances to humans and the environment

TY - JOUR

T1 - Personal care products are only one of many exposure routes of natural toxic substances to humans and the environment

AU - Bucheli, Thomas D.

AU - Strobel, Bjarne W.

AU - Hansen, Hans Chr. Bruun

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - The special issue "A Critical View on Natural Substances in Personal Care Products" is dedicated to addressing the multidisciplinary special challenges of natural ingredients in personal care products (PCP) and addresses also environmental exposure. In this perspective article, we argue that environmental exposure is probably not so much dominated by PCP use, but in many cases by direct emission from natural or anthropogenically managed vegetation, including agriculture. In support of this hypothesis, we provide examples of environmental fate and behaviour studies for compound classes that are either listed in the International Nomenclature of Cosmetics Ingredients (INCI) or have been discussed in a wider context of PCP applications and have been classified as potentially harmful to humans and the environment. Specifically, these include estrogenic isoflavones, the carcinogenic ptaquiloside and pyrrolizidine alkaloids, saponins, terpenes and terpenoids, such as artemisinin, and mycotoxins. Research gaps and challenges in the domains of human and environmental exposure assessment of natural products common to our currently rather separated research communities are highlighted.

AB - The special issue "A Critical View on Natural Substances in Personal Care Products" is dedicated to addressing the multidisciplinary special challenges of natural ingredients in personal care products (PCP) and addresses also environmental exposure. In this perspective article, we argue that environmental exposure is probably not so much dominated by PCP use, but in many cases by direct emission from natural or anthropogenically managed vegetation, including agriculture. In support of this hypothesis, we provide examples of environmental fate and behaviour studies for compound classes that are either listed in the International Nomenclature of Cosmetics Ingredients (INCI) or have been discussed in a wider context of PCP applications and have been classified as potentially harmful to humans and the environment. Specifically, these include estrogenic isoflavones, the carcinogenic ptaquiloside and pyrrolizidine alkaloids, saponins, terpenes and terpenoids, such as artemisinin, and mycotoxins. Research gaps and challenges in the domains of human and environmental exposure assessment of natural products common to our currently rather separated research communities are highlighted.

KW - Drinking water

KW - Micropollutants

KW - Mycotoxins

KW - Phytotoxins

U2 - 10.3390/cosmetics5010010

DO - 10.3390/cosmetics5010010

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:85050574042

SN - 2079-9284

VL - 5

SP - 1

EP - 11

JO - Cosmetics

JF - Cosmetics

IS - 1

M1 - 10

ER -