Bioaccumulation potential of bisphenols and benzophenone UV filters: A multiresidue approach in raptor tissues

Soledad González-Rubio; Kristine Vike-Jonas; Susana V Gonzalez; Ana Ballesteros-Gómez; Christian Sonne; Rune Dietz; David Boertmann; Lars Maltha Rasmussen; Veerle L B Jaspers; Alexandros G Asimakopoulos

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140330

Bioaccumulation potential of bisphenols and benzophenone UV filters: A multiresidue approach in raptor tissues

Sci Total Environ. 2020 Nov 1:741:140330. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140330. Epub 2020 Jun 20.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemistry and Nanochemistry, Marie Curie Annex Building, Campus of Rabanales, University of Córdoba, 14071 Córdoba, Spain.; Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway.; Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway.
² Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway.
³ Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemistry and Nanochemistry, Marie Curie Annex Building, Campus of Rabanales, University of Córdoba, 14071 Córdoba, Spain.
⁴ Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Arctic Research Centre (ARC), Frederiksborgvej 399, PO Box 358, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
⁵ Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Kivioq 2, Nuuk 3900, Greenland.
⁶ Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway.. Electronic address: veerle.jaspers@ntnu.no.
⁷ Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway.. Electronic address: alexandros.asimakopoulos@ntnu.no.

PMID: 32615426
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140330

Abstract

Environmental exposure to bisphenols and benzophenone UV filters has received considerable attention due to the ubiquitous occurrence of these contaminants in the environment and their potential adverse health effects. The occurrence of bisphenols and benzophenone UV filters is well established in human populations, but data is scarce for wildlife, and especially for raptors (birds of prey, falcons and owls). In this study, concentrations of eight bisphenols and five benzophenone UV filters were determined in six raptor tissues, including muscle, kidney, liver, brain, preen gland (uropygial gland) and adipose. The tissue samples (n = 44) were taken from dead raptor species (1997-2011), including Eurasian sparrowhawks (Accipiter nisus, n = 2) and long-eared owls (Asio otus, n = 2), both from France, and white-tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla, n = 16) from Greenland. Overall, six bisphenols and four benzophenone UV filters were found in the samples. Bisphenol A (BPA), bisphenol F (BPF), benzophenone-8 (BzP-8) and 4-hydroxybenzophenone (4-OH-BzP) were the most abundant contaminants, accounting for median concentrations of 67.5, 3.01, 27.1 and 9.70 ng/g wet weight (w.w.), respectively. The potential role of the preen gland as a major excretory organ for bisphenols and benzophenone UV filters was suggested since the median sum concentration of the two contaminant classes in the white-tailed eagle tissues showed higher bioaccumulation potential in the preen gland (5.86 ng/g w.w.) than the liver (2.92) and kidney (0.71). The concentrations of these contaminants in the tissues of the three raptor species indicated a pattern of increasing detection rates and median concentrations with an increase of the species size and their expected trophic position. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first peer-reviewed study to document multiresidues of both contaminant classes in raptor tissues.

Keywords: Benzophenone UV filters; Birds of prey; Bisphenols; Europe; Greenland; Owls.

MeSH terms

Animals
Benzhydryl Compounds
Benzophenones
Bioaccumulation
France
Greenland
Humans
Phenols
Raptors*

Substances

Benzhydryl Compounds
Benzophenones
Phenols
bisphenol A