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Coastal Pollution and Its Effect on Health

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 5620

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Tieyu Wang

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Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Disaster Prediction and Prevention, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China
Interests: POPs; emerging pollutants; environmental behavior; source identification; ecological effects; risk assessment; ecological remediation; risk management
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Prof. Dr. Jong Seong Khim

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School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
Interests: marine benthic ecology; marine biodiversity; coastal pollution; sediment assessment; in vitro and in vivo bioassays
Dr. Yuhe (Henry) He

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School of Enenrgy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Interests: emerging organic contaminants; aquatic ecotoxicology; environmental chemistry; molecular toxicology; small model fish

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Marine ecosystems have long been deteriorated by various environmental pollutants primarily due to anthropogenic activities in rapidly developed and developing countries, particularly in East Asia. Marine pollution threatens the sustainability of ecosystem structure, function, and potentially human health, which causes negative impacts on varying ecosystem services. In particular, the coastal pollution caused by traditional and emerging chemicals would be of continuing significant concern in this aspect. Accordingly, scientific efforts on assessing, evaluating, and managing our coastal and marine ecosystems are timely and urgently needed, which can reduce knowledge gaps and future conflicts across countries and stakeholders, if there are any.

The present Special Issue encompasses various research topics relating to current pollution status and trends in coastal environments, ecotoxicological effects of coastal pollutants, ecosystem responses and restoration, environmental and human health risk assessment, marine ecosystem services, and maritime policy and management. This Special Issue focuses on the current state of knowledge on the links between coastal pollution and human health. Submissions of new research papers, reviews, case reports and conference papers are all welcomed to the present Special Issue. Papers dealing with new approaches to elucidate environmental processes of pollutants, derive relevant standards or risk assessment and management are particularly welcome. We believe the Special Issue will significantly contribute to the scientific and socio-economic needs and challenges through high-quality work and publications, and will further provide practical solution towards increase of sustainability of coastal development.

Prof. Dr. Tieyu Wang
Prof. Dr. Jong Seong Khim
Dr. Yuhe (Henry) He
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • pollutants, such as heavy metals, POPs, microplastics, PPCPs, PFASs, PAHs, etc
  • environmental occurrence, distribution, transport, bioaccumulation, and fate
  • biodiversity, community health, and ecological restoration
  • environmental and human health risk assessment
  • marine and coastal ecosystem services
  • maritime policy and management
  • ecotoxicological effects
  • in vitro, in vivo, in situ, in silico methods, etc.
  • ecological remediation and management

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Estimation of Shipping Emissions in Developing Country: A Case Study of Mohammad Bin Qasim Port, Pakistan
by Iftikhar Hussain, Haiyan Wang, Muhammad Safdar, Quoc Bang Ho, Tina D. Wemegah and Saima Noor
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(19), 11868; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191911868 - 20 Sep 2022
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Transportation has the highest dependence on fossil fuels of any sector and accounts for 37% of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Maritime transportation is responsible for around 940 million tons of CO2 and approximately 3% of global emissions annually. The significant [...] Read more.
Transportation has the highest dependence on fossil fuels of any sector and accounts for 37% of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Maritime transportation is responsible for around 940 million tons of CO2 and approximately 3% of global emissions annually. The significant increase in shipping activities around the globe has magnified the generation of toxic pollutants. In recent years, shipping emissions have received significant attention in developed countries due to global climate change, while in developing countries, researchers are making enormous efforts to tackle this catastrophic and pressing issue. This study considers Muhammad Bin Qasim Port (MBQP), Karachi, Pakistan as a case study. This study employed an activity-based or bottom-up approach with a standard procedure to estimate the various anthropogenic pollutants emissions including particular matters (PM10 and PM2.5), nitrogen oxide (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (CO), CO2, methane (CH4), non-methane volatile organic compound (NMVOC), and hydrocarbon (HC) under different operational modes, i.e., hoteling, maneuvering, and reduced speed zones. The results indicated that CO2 was the highest contributor with a proportion of 92%, NOx 5%, and SO2 1.5% for all three operational modes. Moreover, the results indicated that container ships account for 64% of overall emissions, followed by tankers for 24%. Regarding the monthly trend, the findings revealed that November and December had the highest emission rates, with over 20% of the total emissions recorded. This study’s findings will assist stakeholders and policymakers to prioritize maritime emissions in developing countries. Full article
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Substrates, Plants, and Their Combinations for Water Purification of Urban Household Aquaponics Systems
by Yi-Han Wu, Qing-Feng Chen, Jia-Nan Wang, Ting Liu and Wei-Yi Zhao
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(16), 10276; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610276 - 18 Aug 2022
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To make full use of urban household balcony space, an urban aquaponics system for balconies was constructed to investigate the purification effects of four different substrates (volcanic stone, ceramic pellets, ceramic rings, and nanorods) and six plants (mung bean sprouts, hollow cabbage, water [...] Read more.
To make full use of urban household balcony space, an urban aquaponics system for balconies was constructed to investigate the purification effects of four different substrates (volcanic stone, ceramic pellets, ceramic rings, and nanorods) and six plants (mung bean sprouts, hollow cabbage, water celery, lettuce, leek, and water chestnut) on fish culture wastewater. Through the determination of contaminants such as nitrogen and phosphorus and through the use of 16SrDNA sequencing technology, the substrate material and plant combinations with the best purification effects were screened. The results show that volcanic stone and nanorods have strong purification capacities. Compared to the other substrate types, there were more unique bacterial species on the surface of volcanic stone, among which amoeba species were the most dominant (92.42%). Among the six tested plant species, mung bean sprouts had the highest contribution to nitrogen uptake (94.96%), and water chestnut had the highest contribution to phosphorus uptake at 12.07%. Finally, the combination of nanorods and water celery was the best at purifying the wastewater. This study provides a theoretical basis and new ideas for the construction of urban aquaponics systems on balconies, which will help to achieve green farming and the efficient utilization of water resources. Full article
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