Occurrence of benzotriazole ultraviolet stabilizers (BUVSs) in human breast milk from three Asian countries

Authors

Joon Woo Kim, Ministry of Environment Korea
Kwang Hyeon Chang, Kyung Hee University
Maricar Prudente, De La Salle University, Manila
Pham Hung Viet, Vietnam National University Hanoi
Shin Takahashi, Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University
Shinsuke Tanabe, Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University
Tatsuya Kunisue, Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University
Tomohiko Isobe, National Institute for Environmental Studies of Japan

College

Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education

Department/Unit

Science Education

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Science of the Total Environment

Volume

655

First Page

1081

Last Page

1088

Publication Date

3-10-2019

Abstract

The environmental contamination by benzotriazole ultraviolet stabilizers (BUVSs) has received consider attention due to their long-term and widespread usage in various consumer and industrial products in accordance with solar UV radiation increase. The present study shows the baseline data of BUVSs in human breast milk from several areas in Japan, the Philippines, and Vietnam. Total concentrations of the 8 BUVSs in breast milk ranged from

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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.298

Recommended Citation

Kim, J., Chang, K., Prudente, M., Viet, P., Takahashi, S., Tanabe, S., Kunisue, T., & Isobe, T. (2019). Occurrence of benzotriazole ultraviolet stabilizers (BUVSs) in human breast milk from three Asian countries. Science of the Total Environment, 655, 1081-1088. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.298

Disciplines

Chemistry

Keywords

Breast milk; Ultraviolet radiation

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