Emerging Pollutants in the Environment: Occurrence, Fate, Risk Assessment and Degradation Methods
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Emerging Contaminants".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2024) | Viewed by 13725
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental fate; transport mechanisms
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Toxics aims at updating the current knowledge on emerging pollutants in the environment, regarding their occurrence, fate, risk assessment, and degradation methods.
Emerging pollutants are defined as chemicals that are not currently regulated but of ecological or human health concerns, including, but not limited to, endocrine-disrupting compounds, pharmaceutical and personal care products, disinfection by-products, microplastics, and persistent organic chemicals, etc., as well as their degradation products found in air, water, soil, and food sources.
We encourage papers addressing advancements that facilitate the understanding of the occurrence, distribution, and fate of emerging pollutants in the environment; perspectives on the ecotoxicology, epidemiology, exposome, metabolism, and risk assessment of novel contaminants; as well as research exploring technology that exploits methods to reduce and control their environmental presence.
Dr. Yuning Ma
Dr. Qingwei Bu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- persistent organic pollutants
- plasticizers
- chlorinated paraffins
- food contact materials
- flame retardants
- per and polyfluorinated substances
- endocrine disrupting compounds
- pharmaceuticals
- personal care products
- toxicology and epidemiology
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