Cosmetics as a potential source of environmental contamination in the UK

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1597-1608

  Dhanirama, Danelle ^a   Gronow, Jan ^a   Voulvoulis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemicals of emerging concern; Cosmetics; Personal care products; Predicted environmental concentrations

Indexed keywords

OXIDES; SILICONES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE; BUTYLPARABEN; COSMETIC FORMULATIONS; COSMETICS; DIETHYL PHTHALATE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; MARKET PENETRATION; NANO ZINC OXIDE; NANO-TITANIUM DIOXIDE; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; POTENTIAL CONTAMINANTS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PREDICTED ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; SKIN-CARE PRODUCTS; TRICLOSAN; ZINC OXIDE NANOMATERIALS;

CHEMICALS;

4 METHOXYCINNAMIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL ESTER; BENZOPHENONE; BUTYL PARABEN; BUTYLCRESOL; COSMETIC; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; SURFACE WATER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LAW; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CARE; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84871992181     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2011.640353     Document Type: Article

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