Bioaccumulation and ecotoxicity increase during indirect photochemical transformation of polycyclic musk tonalide: A modeling study

Polycyclic musks (PCMs) have recently caused a worldwide environmental concern due to their bioaccumulation potential and ecotoxicological effects. Herein, the OH-initiated indirect photochemical transformation mechanism, environmental fate and ecotoxicity of PCMs (by taking tonalide as an example) were theoretically studied. Results show that tonalide can be degraded readily through OH-addition and H-abstraction pathways, with total rate...