Interventions to Reduce Exposure to Synthetic Phenols and Phthalates from Dietary Intake and Personal Care Products: a Scoping Review

Purpose of Review A scoping review was conducted to identify interventions that successfully alter biomarker concentrations of phenols, glycol ethers, and phthalates resulting from dietary intake and personal care product (PCPs) use. Recent Findings Twenty-six interventions in populations ranging fr...

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Published in:Current environmental health reports Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 184 - 214
Main Authors: Yang, Tiffany C., Jovanovic, Nicolas, Chong, Felisha, Worcester, Meegan, Sakhi, Amrit K., Thomsen, Cathrine, Garlantézec, Ronan, Chevrier, Cécile, Jensen, Génon, Cingotti, Natacha, Casas, Maribel, McEachan, Rosemary RC, Vrijheid, Martine, Philippat, Claire
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.06.2023
Springer Nature B.V
Springer
Subjects:
Aged
Benzhydryl Compounds
Biomarkers
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Bisphenol A
Chemicals
Child
Consumer products
Contamination
Cosmetics
Diet
Dietary intake
Eating
Ecology, environment
Endocrine Disruptors
Environmental Exposure - analysis
Environmental Health
Ethers
Exposure
Food
Food and Nutrition
Food intake
Glycol ethers
Health
Humans
Intervention
Legislation
Life Sciences
Medicine/Public Health
Older people
Parabens
Personal grooming
Pharmacology/Toxicology
Phenols
Phthalate esters
Phthalates
Phthalic Acids
Santé publique et épidémiologie
Topical Collection on Synthetic Chemicals and Health
Triclosan
Intervention
Personal care products
Bisphenols
Scoping review
Dietary intake
Triclosan
Endocrine disrupting compounds
Phthalates
Parabens
ISSN:2196-5412, 2196-5412
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Summary:Purpose of Review A scoping review was conducted to identify interventions that successfully alter biomarker concentrations of phenols, glycol ethers, and phthalates resulting from dietary intake and personal care product (PCPs) use. Recent Findings Twenty-six interventions in populations ranging from children to older adults were identified; 11 actively removed or replaced products, 9 provided products containing the chemicals being studied, and 6 were education-only based interventions. Twelve interventions manipulated only dietary intake with a focus on bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates, 8 studies intervened only on PCPs use and focused on a wider range of chemicals including BPA, phthalates, triclosan, parabens, and ultraviolet absorbers, while 6 studies intervened on both diet and PCPs and focused on phthalates, parabens, and BPA and its alternatives. No studies assessed glycol ethers. All but five studies reported results in the expected direction, with interventions removing potential sources of exposures lowering EDC concentrations and interventions providing exposures increasing EDC concentrations. Short interventions lasting a few days were successful. Barriers to intervention success included participant compliance and unintentional contamination of products. Summary The identified interventions were generally successful but illustrated the influence of participant motivation, compliance, ease of intervention adherence, and the difficulty of fully removing exposures due their ubiquity and the difficulties of identifying “safer” replacement products. Policy which reduces or removes EDC in manufacturing and processing across multiple sectors, rather than individual behavior change, may have the greatest impact on population exposure.
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ISSN:2196-5412
2196-5412
DOI:10.1007/s40572-023-00394-8