Background: Plastics have conveyed great benefits to humanity and made possible some of
the most significant advances of modern civilization in fields as diverse as medicine …

To avoid the harmful effects of UV radiation, benzophenone-type UV filters (BPs) are widely
used in personal care products and other synthetic products. Biomonitoring studies have …

Organic UV filters are compounds that absorb UV irradiation by their highly conjugated
structure. With the develo** consciousness over the last century of the skin damage UV …

There is an ongoing probing of the role of chemicals in the indoor environment. The majority
of potential target substances are so‐called very volatile, volatile, and semi‐volatile organic …

There is an increasing use of so-called emerging substances or substances of emerging
concern. These terms describe, inter alia, the replacement of commonly used chemicals in …

Benzophenone ultraviolet light filters (BPs) are high-production-volume chemicals
extensively used in personal care products, leading to widespread human exposure. Given …

A growing body of evidence identifies clothing as an important mediator of human exposure
to chemicals and particles, which may have public health significance. This paper reviews …

Exposures to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are of increasing concern.
Assessments typically focus only on ingestion and inhalation exposure due to a lack of …

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) possess the capability to interfere with the
endocrine system by binding to hormone receptors, for example on immune cells. Specific …

Abstract Benzophenone (BP)-type ultraviolet (UV) filters are widely used in personal care
products. Some of them have been identified as endocrine disrupting chemicals. However …