有机紫外线过器的环境污染和风险:来源,排放,分析方法和对生态和人类健康的影响
Yue-Hong Sun1, Heng-Yu Wu1, Feng-Qi Xie1
1SCNU Environmental Research Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution and Environmental Safety & MOE Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China; School of Environment, South China Normal University, University Town, Guangzhou 510006, China.
The Science of the total environment
|October 26, 2024
概括
有机紫外线过器 (OUVF) 越来越多地出现在环境中,对水生生物和潜在的人类健康构成风险. 这篇评论涵盖了它们在全球的使用,检测和污染水平.
科学领域:
- 环境化学环境化学
- 生态毒理学 生态毒理学
- 分析化学 分析化学
背景情况:
- 有机紫外线过器 (OUVF) 在消费和工业产品中广泛用于紫外线保护.
- 它们在环境矩阵中的持久性和越来越多的检测引发了人们对毒性和生态影响的担忧.
- 紫外线-328被归类为一种持久性有机污染物,强调了环境监测的必要性.
研究的目的:
- 审查目前关于OUVFs的使用,排放和环境污染的知识.
- 讨论各种环境样本中OUVF提取和检测的分析方法.
- 评估全球水体,水生生物和人类尿液中报告的OUVF污染水平及其潜在的健康影响.
主要方法:
- 对OUVF使用,环境存在和分析技术研究的文献综述.
- 在地表水,饮用水,水生生物和人体尿液中报告的OUVF度的汇编和讨论.
- 分析与OUVF暴露相关的潜在生态和人类健康风险.
主要成果:
- 在全球范围内,OUVF在地表水中被广泛检测到,乙基甲基酸盐 (EHMC) 和氧化 (OC) 在澳大利亚,中国,日本和美国等国家构成重大风险.
- 虽然饮用水中的OUVF水平通常很低 (低于450 ng/L的检测极限),但长期暴露仍然可能对健康构成风险.
- 在各种矩阵中检测OUVF的分析方法已被审查,有助于环境监测.
结论:
- 由于OUVF对环境的广泛污染,需要进行持续的监测和风险评估.
- 包括UV-328在内的OUVF的持久性和潜在毒性强调了监管行动和可持续替代品的重要性.
- 需要进一步的研究才能充分了解OUVF暴露的长期生态和人类健康影响.
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