Emerging Pollutants in the Environment: Occurrence, Fate, Risk Assessment and Degradation Methods

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. Qingwei Bu
Dr. Yuning Ma
Guest Editors

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