Effects of TiO2 ultraviolet filter and sunscreens on coastal dune plant performance and competitive interactions

Ultraviolet filters (UVFs) added to sunscreens (SS) are emerging contaminants in marine environments due to their adverse effects on organisms and ecosystems. UVFs have also been detected in beach-dune systems, but their influence on resident organisms has not been explored yet. Native plants are fu...

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Published in:Chemosphere (Oxford) 2023-12, Vol.343, p.140236-140236, Article 140236
Main Authors: Menicagli, Virginia, Balestri, Elena, Corti, Sara, Arena, Benito, Protano, Giuseppe, Corsi, Ilaria, Lardicci, Claudio
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description Ultraviolet filters (UVFs) added to sunscreens (SS) are emerging contaminants in marine environments due to their adverse effects on organisms and ecosystems. UVFs have also been detected in beach-dune systems, but their influence on resident organisms has not been explored yet. Native plants are fundamental components of coastal dunes, and these ecologically/economically important systems are currently among the most threatened globally. Thus, understanding whether UVFs may act as threats to dune plants is crucial. This field study evaluated and compared the effects of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (nTiO2), one of the inorganic UVFs most commonly added to sunscreens, and those of a commercial sunscreen product containing it (SS-nTiO2) on the performance of adult dune plants of a native (Thinopyrum junceum) and a non-native invasive species (Carpobrotus sp. pl.) and their competitive interactions at environmentally realistic concentrations. The effects of nTiO2, SS-nTiO2 and of a sunscreen product containing just organic UVFs (SS-OF) on early life stages of T. junceum were also examined. Ti bulk content in sand and plants at the study site ranged from 970 to 1069 mg kg−1 and from 2 to 7.9 mg kg−1, respectively. Thinopyrum junceum adult plants periodically exposed during the summer season to seawater contaminated by SS-nTiO2 produced less biomass than un-exposed plants and nTiO2 exposed plants. nTiO2 and SS-nTiO2 reduced the capacity of T. junceum to control the spread of Carpobrotus. Both SS-nTiO2 and SS-OF reduced seedling emergence in T. junceum whereas nTiO2 did not. These results demonstrated that the periodical exposures of native dune plants to sunscreens could reduce their establishment success and growth and favor invasive plant spread potentially resulting in community structure changes. They also emphasize the need to assess the phytotoxicity not only of single UVFs but especially that of complete sunscreen products to design more eco-friendly formulations in the future. [Display omitted] •UVF and sunscreen (SS) are pollutants of emerging concern for coastal environments.•UVF nTiO2 alone did not affect the growth of dune plants.•SS containing nTiO2 reduced the growth of a native plant.•nTiO2 and SS-nTiO2 reduced native plant ability to control invasive plant spread.•SS-nTiO2 and SS containing organic filters reduced native plant seedling emergence.
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