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Trade-offs in ecosystem impacts from nanomaterial versus organic chemical ultraviolet filters in sunscreens

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Hanigan, David, Truong, Lisa, Schoepf, Jared, Nosaka, Takayuki, Mulchandani, Anjali, Tanguay, Robert L., and Westerhoff, Paul

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Both nanoparticulate (nZnO and nTiO(2)) and organic chemical ultraviolet (UV) filters are active ingredients in sunscreen and protect against skin cancer, but limited research exists on the environmental effects of sunscreen release into aquatic systems. To examine the trade-offs of incorporating nano particles (NPs) into sunscreens over the past two...

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- mental concentrations would be in the low 10s of mg/L (David Holbrook et al., 2013; Gondikas et al., 2014