“…high vapour pressure, low surface tension and high degree of compatibility with numerous ingredients used in consumer products formulations) (Dudzina et al, 2014), they are widely employed in personal care products, such as cosmetics, and skin and hair care products, as well as in household cleaning and coating agents (Dodson et al, 2012;Nørgaard et al, 2009;Pieri et al, 2013;Yucuis et al, 2013). This leads to high and continuous emissions of these compounds to air, and up to a 90% of the environmentally released cyclic siloxanes diffuse directly into the atmosphere (Balducci et al, 2012), where they can be subject to long-range atmospheric transport (Genualdi et al, 2011;McLachlan et al, 2010;Wang et al, 2013). Even though they have been recognized as safe as cosmetic ingredients (SCCS, 2010), the concern is growing in respect to their environmental distribution, due to their capacity of being long range transported, persistence, possible toxic and estrogenic effects and propensity to bioaccumulate (Dodson et al, 2012;Hassen et al, 2013, Harvey andEverett, 2006;He et al, 2003;Krogseth et al, 2103a;McLachlan et al, 2010;Quinn et al, 2007, Xu andWania, 2013;Wang et al, 2013;Warner et al, 2010).…”