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and octinoxate has become an increasing concern due to their persistence and toxicity, even at

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Cited by5 pages
Metals measured2
Evidence tierB
Year2025

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  • removal (1, 2). Table 1 presents the general physicochemical properties of both oxybenzone
  • coatings (9). It is estimated that approximately 81% of personal care products marketed in the
  • usage of sunscreens globally; for instance, 79.4% of 3,000 respondents in Germany reported
  • frequent sunscreen use (11), while 75% of 2,321 participants in Saudi Arabia indicated regular
  • 96% of oxybenzone is rinsed off during bathing, with residues flowing into wastewater systems
  • 1000 μg/L oxybenzone for 15 days reduced locomotor activity, increased anxiety-like
  • Posidonia oceanica 5–500 μg/L ROS increase, chloroplast Disruption of photosynthesis, ROS- (24)
  • Cucumis sativus L. 50–5000 μg/l PET inhibition, ROS overproduction, chloroplast (25)
  • Coral species 33–50 ppm Coral bleaching, symbiont Oxidative stress, viral lytic activation (21, 25,
  • Zebrafish (Danio 10–1000 μg/l Reduced locomotion, delayed Endocrine disruption (anti- (29)
  • sunscreen agents is summarized in Table 2.
  • Table 2. Treatment technologies for biodegradation of sunscreen agents.
  • Non-Sterile Culture Biological Klebsiella CYP450-mediated 99.3% degradation (33,37)
  • Revolving Algae Algal biofilm Green algae, Phase I 94–98% (38–42)
  • Fluidized Bed Attached-growth Trametes Glycosylation; CYP450 95–100% removal; (43–46)
  • low bioaccumulation of oxybenzone (2–6% in biomass), the degradation efficiency was
  • oxybenzone, achieving 95–100% removal (46). Biodegradation often begins with
  • microfiltration, and ozonation achieve only 28–31% removal of BP3 (49), while activated
  • are highly specific, and can be genetically modified to target a range of pollutants (54, 55). The
  • 30% while maintaining yield (40, 58). Additionally, the resulting algal biomass, which is over
  • 80% water, can be reused directly as feedstock without costly dewatering, providing added
  • biomass at 13% CO2, whereas lower CO2 concentrations result in reduced growth (64).

Methods (brief)

  • ng/l in groundwater samples from Spain (17). Recreational waters such as swimming pools and
  • (5) Breakell, T.; Kowalski, I.; Foerster, Y.; Kramer, R.; Erdmann, M.; Berking, C.; Heppt, M.V.
  • Benzophenones in the Environment: Occurrence, Fate and Sample Preparation in the
  • Production from Anaerobic Digestion and the Possibility of Using Sugarcane Wastewater and
  • (60) Saravanan, A.; Kumar, P.S.; Vo, D.N.; Jeevanantham, S.; Karishma, S.; Yaashikaa, P. (2021). A

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b01ec52c2026-08-04major2 sections added
d49e450f2026-08-03major5 sections added; narrative text revised