Oxidative Degradation and Toxicity of Environmental Pollutants
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Emerging Contaminants".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 51
Special Issue Editors
Interests: volatile organic compounds degradation; transformation and degradation mechanism; atmospheric heterogeneous reactions; air pollution; theoretical calculations in quantum chemistry
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: volatile organic compound degradation; emerging contaminants; theoretical calculations in quantum chemistry; transformation and degradation mechanisms; reaction constants
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Continuous modernization requires the participation of numerous industrial sectors; however, industrial development must take sustainability into consideration. Particularly, organic pollutants generated by many of these industries can enter water bodies, soil, and the atmosphere, causing environmental pollution that consequently leads to health issues and other problems.
In terms of atmospheric pollutants, the reaction of organic pollutants with oxidants such as hydroxyl radicals (•OH), nitrate radicals (•NO3), Cl atoms, and ozone is possibly a major degradation mechanism. When these pollutants are ingested, they disrupt the body's internal functions, leading to health issues such as cancer, cardiovascular disorders, reproductive complications, prenatal central nervous system impairments, and respiratory problems.
Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are one of the sustainable emerging technologies for treating refractory organic contaminants present in different industrial wastewaters and soil, such as textile, paper, pulp, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, and refinery by-products . These are usually discharged into the environment and degrade into additives like bisphenol A, phthalates, dioxins, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals, which are carcinogenic and toxic.
This Topical Collection will focus on recent advancements in the oxidative degradation and toxicity of environmental pollutants, particularly emerging organic contaminants. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, novel technologies for pollutant oxidative degradation, its underlying mechanisms, and related interdisciplinary insights.
Authors are invited to submit original research papers, reviews, and short communications.
Dr. Jianfei Sun
Dr. Bo Wei
Collection Editors
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Keywords
- oxidative degradation
- toxicity
- environmental pollutants
- volatile organic compounds
- reaction mechanisms
- kinetics
- advanced oxidation process
