Abstract
UV filters are widely used in many pharmaceutical and personal care products such as sunscreen and cosmetics to protect from UV irradiation. Due to their hydrophobic properties and relative stability, they have a high capacity to accumulate in sediment. Little information is available on their ecotoxicity on fish. In aquatic ecosystems, fish eggs could be directly affected by UV filters through contact with contaminated sediment. The aim of this study was to investigate the individual toxicity of four UV filters: benzophenone-3 (BP3), butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane (BM), bis-ethylhexyloxyphenol methoxyphenyl triazine (BEMT), and methylene bis-benzotriazolyl tetramethylbutylphenol (MBBT), in embryo-larval stages of zebrafish Danio rerio. Fish eggs were exposed to single UV filters by contact with spiked sediment during 96 h at a concentration of 10 μg g−1. Among the four UV filters tested, BP3 was the more toxic, reducing cardiac frequency and increasing standard metabolic rate of larvae.
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All experiments were carried out at USR 3579 SU-CNRS Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Biotechnologies Microbiennes (LBBM), Observatoire Océanologique, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France. We thank the BIO2MAR and BIOPIC platforms for providing technical support and access to instrumentation. We also thank LIENSs laboratories and especially Dr. Christel Lefrancois for providing a part of respirometry material. This study was conducted under the agreement of the Animal Care Committee No. A66-01-601.
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Lucas, J., Logeux, V., Rodrigues, A.M.S. et al. Exposure to four chemical UV filters through contaminated sediment: impact on survival, hatching success, cardiac frequency, and aerobic metabolic scope in embryo-larval stage of zebrafish. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 29412–29420 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-12582-w
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