{"id":5538,"date":"2025-07-29T10:01:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T10:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/?p=5538"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:01:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T10:01:52","slug":"personal-care-products-suppress-natural-indoor-air-oxidation-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/?p=5538","title":{"rendered":"Personal Care Products Suppress Natural Indoor Air Oxidation Field"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A recent study reveals that personal care products like perfumes and body lotions can suppress the natural oxidation field generated by human skin indoors. This field, composed of hydroxyl radicals (OH), plays a role in transforming chemicals in the air around us. The findings, published in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1126\/sciadv.ads7908\"><em>Science Advances<\/em><\/a>, highlight how everyday products may alter indoor air chemistry and potentially impact human health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, the University of California, Irvine, and Pennsylvania State University investigated how personal care products affect the human oxidation field. They found that body lotion acts as a barrier, reducing the reaction between ozone and skin oils, while the ethanol in perfumes consumes OH radicals, diminishing the oxidation field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team used advanced chemical and computational models to simulate these interactions. &#8220;Fragrances impact OH reactivity over shorter periods, whereas lotions have more persistent effects,&#8221; explained Nora Zannoni, the study&#8217;s lead author. The findings suggest that these products could alter the chemical composition of indoor air, with unknown long-term health implications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jonathan Williams, an atmospheric chemist, noted, &#8220;Body lotion and perfume dampen the oxidation field we generate, which may affect how we process airborne chemicals.&#8221; Manabu Shiraiwa added, &#8220;Our models provide new insights into how human activities shape indoor air quality.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study underscores the complex interplay between personal care products and indoor air chemistry. While the health effects remain unclear, the research calls for further investigation into how these products influence our exposure to indoor pollutants. Future studies could explore the broader implications for public health and indoor air quality standards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study reveals that personal care products like perfumes and body lotions can suppress the natural oxidation field generated by human skin indoors. This field, composed of hydroxyl radicals (OH), plays a role in transforming chemicals in the air around us. The findings, published in&nbsp;Science Advances, highlight how everyday products may alter indoor air [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1117],"tags":[3168,1139,726,1566,2638,2940,1091],"class_list":["post-5538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environmental-science","tag-air-oxidation","tag-chemistry","tag-health","tag-health-medicine","tag-human-health","tag-personal-care-products","tag-public-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5539,"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5538\/revisions\/5539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}