Impacts of Emerging and Hazardous Pollutants on the Toxicity of Sustainable Environment
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 1922
Special Issue Editors
Interests: atomic spectroscopic techniques; elemental analysis; heavy metals; environmental monitoring; biomonitoring
Interests: electrochemical and optical (bio)sensors for environmental applications; nanomaterials functionalization and synthesis; biomolecular interactions
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the last decade, problems related to the chemical pollution of the biosphere with contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) have received increase intention. These contaminants, such as pharmaceuticals, personal care products, endocrine disruptors, drugs, pesticides, microplastics, nanoparticles and microorganisms, are not commonly monitored. However, they can cause adverse ecological and health effects, some of which often lead to acute toxicological issues. This has led to the expansion and intensification of various studies on the extent of environmental pollution with CECs and their metabolites and transformation products. Conversely, persistent organic and inorganic (heavy metals, radionuclides and other potential toxic elements) pollutants continue to represent a significant environmental hazard for the vegetal and animal worlds alike due to their toxicity, persistence, and bioaccumulative nature. The emissions of anthropogenic pollutants are proportional to the extent of the processes of the migration and accumulation of different chemical compounds in various environmental compartments. The identification of disturbances to environmental factors (water, sediment, air, soil, biota), in addition to the control and prevention of pollution by substances with harmful effects on living organisms and ecosystems’ status, should receive special attention from the scientific community.
This Special Issue welcomes submissions that include results from original and novel research addressing problems related to environmental pollution by emerging and hazardous contaminants, studies into pollutants’ source, fate and toxicity, and analyses into their impact on the human health and status of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
Subject areas include, but are not limited to:
- Analysis of contaminants of emerging concern (e.g., pharmaceutical compounds, personal care products, cosmetics, endocrine disruptors, antibiotic resistant microorganisms, microplastics, etc.);
- Analysis of persistent organic pollutants, potential toxic elements and radioisotopes;
- Sources, levels and distribution of pollutants in environment, food chain, and human body;
- Developing of analytical techniques for the investigation of occurrence, fate and transport of pollutants in environment;
- Assessment of pollutants’ impact on ecological state of ecosystems and human health;
- Assessment of environmental risk and safety of toxic compounds.
Dr. Claudia Stihi
Dr. Melinda David
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- emerging pollutants
- endocrine disruptors
- microplastics
- persistent organic pollutants
- radionuclides
- heavy metals and potential toxic elements
- environmental pollution
- analytical techniques
