[Coral-List] sunscreens threaten coral survival

[Willa Lane]

Link correction: https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/etc.4948

On Sat, May 7, 2022 at 2:24 PM Willa Lane <wlane at udel.edu> wrote:

> For those who are interested in an overview of environmentally detected UV
> filter concentrations, including BP3 (oxybenzone), I recommend reading the
> open-access "A Critical Review of Organic Ultraviolet Filter Exposure,
> Hazard, and Risk to Corals" (Mitchelmore et al., 2021):
> https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/etc.4948
> <https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/etc.4948.>.
>
> Figure 2 focuses on BP3 concentrations; most studies find concentrations
> on the order of 10 – 100 ng/L, although one study reports 1.395 mg/L in the
> U.S. Virgin Islands. The study linked below on BP3 conversion to phototoxic
> glucoside conjugates in cnidarians used a test concentration of 2 mg/L
> (same order of magnitude as the maximum environmentally detected
> concentration).
>
> Best, Willa Lane
> --
> University of Delaware Honors Class of 2023
> Marine Biology Major
> Planned senior thesis on sunscreen toxicology in algae & cnidarians
>
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>> Message: 6
>> Date: Fri, 6 May 2022 21:12:53 +0000
>> From: "Bargar, Timothy A" <tbargar at usgs.gov>
>> To: coral list <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>, Douglas Fenner
>>         <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] [EXTERNAL]  sunscreens threaten coral
>>         survival
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>> Doug - thank you for sharing! Very interesting!
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>> The exposure concentration is excessive based on data from our and other
>> published monitoring studies, but pretty clearly demonstrates how BP3 can
>> be toxic.
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>> From: Coral-List <coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> on behalf of
>> Douglas Fenner via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
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>> Paywall.
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>> Conversion of oxybenzone sunscreen to phototoxic glucoside conjugates by
>> sea anemones and corals
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>> Cheers, Doug
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Willa Lane (she/her/hers)
University of Delaware Honors Class of 2023
Marine Biology Major | Psychology Minor