Environmental distribution of personal care products and their effects on human health
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, thus exposing humans easily. Personal preferences related to PCPs usage frequency are highly variable and depend on socioeconomic status and lifestyle factors. The increasing availability and diversity of PCPs from the retailer outlets consequently result in higher loading of PCPs into wastewater systems and, therefore, the environment. These compounds persistently and continuously release biologically active and inactive ingredients in the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and demonstrating adverse effects on human, wild, and marine life. Advanced techniques such as granular activated carbon filtration and algae-based system may help biotransformation and remove PCP contaminants from water with improved efficiency. Additionally, harmony among PCPs related regulations of different countries may encourage standard checks to control their manufacturing, sale, and distribution across the borders to ensure consumers' safety. Furthermore, all intended ingredients, their concentrations, and instructions for frequency of use as per age groups may be clearly labeled on packages of PCPs. In conclusion, the emerging environmental contaminants of PCPs and their association with the growing risks of negative effects on human health and globally on the environment emphasize the chemical-free simple lifestyle.
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In silico computational methods have provided valuable tools for evaluating the effects of cosmetics on consumer well-being.
“In addition to the traditional safety evaluation methods mentioned earlier, the field of cosmetic safety assessment has seen advancements in recent years, particularly in the use of in silico approaches (106, 124). These computational methods have provided valuable tools for evaluating the effects of cosmetics on consumer well-being.”
From The dark side of beauty: an in-depth analysis of the health hazards and toxicological impact of synthetic cosmetics and personal care products (2024) · cites this paper as [124]
The Introduction (page unavailable) discusses how personal-care-product ingredients can bind to sex hormone-binding globulin and cites a computational study listed in the References. This supports an example of computational analysis relevant to health effects, but the paper does not characterize in silico methods broadly as valuable tools for evaluating cosmetics’ effects on consumer well-being. (LLM, conf=0.77)
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- Authors
- Khalid
- Venue
- PubMed
- Publisher
- National Institutes of Health
- Published
- 2021-01-01
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 216-253
- PMC
- PMC8170769
- OpenAlex
- W3171405807
- Cited by
- 99
- References
- 270
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 39 · 2024: 31 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 2
- FWCI
- 0.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Keywords
- personal care products, environmental distribution, human health effects, wastewater pollution, environmental pollutants, granular activated carbon filtration, chemical regulation, product labeling, consumer safety
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