Solar photodegradation of the UV filter 4-methylbenzylidene camphor in the presence of free chlorine.
Sci Total Environ
; 722: 137860, 2020 Jun 20.
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ABSTRACT
UV filters are essential ingredients in sunscreens and many personal care products. The coexposure of UV filters to solar photolysis and free chlorine (solar/free chlorine) is inevitable in outdoor swimming pools and many other aquatic matrices, and this study aims to investigate the degradation mechanism of one specific UV filter, 4-methylbenzylidene camphor (4MBC), under solar/free chlorine system. Under solar irradiation alone, 4MBC only undergoes isomerization from (E)- to (Z)-4MBC; however, in the solar/free chlorine system, 4MBC was significantly degraded, with a pseudo-first-order rate constant of 0.0137 s-1 (pH = 7). The effects of the initial free chlorine concentration, solution pH and water matrix (presence of dissolved organic matter, HCO3- and Cl-) were studied. The results revealed that reactive chlorine species (RCS) are the dominant species influencing 4MBC degradation via solar/free chlorine, while OH and O3 played minor roles. These species would likely react with the 4-methylstyrene moiety of 4MBC and subsequently lead to 4MBC degradation through hydroxylation, chlorine substitution, oxidation and demethylation. Nevertheless, the dramatic increase in acute toxicity (Microtox®) during solar/free chlorine degradation of 4MBC highlights the need to further explore the transformation byproducts as well as their associated risks to humans and the environment.
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