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Nano-Toxicity: Exploring the Ecotoxicological Impacts of Nanoparticles and Combined Exposures
edited by
submission deadline 18 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 473 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecotoxicology; environmental toxicology; biological effects; nanoparticles; microplastics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecotoxicology)
Exposure to Chemicals and Health Effects in Occupational and Everyday Settings submission deadline 19 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7341 | Submission Open
Keywords: chemicals; workplaces; workers; exposure; toxicity; methods; daily life
(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Toxicology and Epidemiology)
Hazard Assessment of per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Sub-Stances (PFAS)
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submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open
Keywords: per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances; PFAS; environmental impact; health effects; risk assessment methodologies; toxicological studies; environmental monitoring; hazard assessment; risk assessment; hazard assessment; risk assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)
Cadmium Pollution and Occupational Exposure
edited by Yasushi Suwazono
submission deadline 26 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4100 | Submission Open
Keywords: cadmium; environmental exposure; general population; occupational medicine; renal effect; mortality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Toxicology and Epidemiology)
Classical Environmental Process Modeling, Interpretable Machine Learning, and Their Integrative Innovations—Targeting Atmospheric, Water, and Soil submission deadline 26 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1071 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental models; environmental simulation; environmental management; machine learning; deep learning; source apportionment; atmosphere; soil; water
Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Reproductive Toxicology submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14036 | Submission Open
Keywords: reproductive toxicology; endocrine disruptors; environmental pollutions; parabens; pesticides; plastic; phthalates; metals; polychlorinated biphenyls; polybrominated compounds
(This special issue belongs to the Section Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity)
The Toxicity of Heavy Metals and Chemical Pollutants in Agricultural Soil and Plants: Ecological Risks and Remediation
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submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9978 | Submission Open
Keywords: heavy metals; chemical pollutants; ecological risks; remediation; soil and plants; soil microorganisms; migration and transformation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation)
PFAS Toxicology and Metabolism—2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6226 | Submission Open
Keywords: PFAS; toxicity; metabolism; toxicokinetics; adverse outcomes; omics; biotransformation; biomonitoring; new approach methodologies (NAMs); non-targeted analysis (NTA)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)
Antibiotics and Resistance Genes in Environment
edited by and Shimei Zheng
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5097 | Submission Open
Keywords: antibiotics; antibiotic resistance genes; environmental fate; human health; ecosystem impact; risk assessment; mitigation strategies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)
Computational Toxicology: Exposure and Assessment
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submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2926 | Submission Open
Keywords: toxicology; mutagenicity; carcinogenicity; chronic toxicity; eco-toxicity; QSPR/QSAR; validation; risk assessment; new approach methodologies; artificial intelligence; Monte Carlo method; SMILES and quasi-SMILES; read across; mathematical toxicology; exposure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Novel Methods in Toxicology Research)
Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress from Environmental and Occupational Exposure: Implications for Health Risk Assessment
edited by , Peter Sly and Mohammad Hoseini
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1575 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomarkers; human biomonitoring; health risk assessment; oxidative stress
(This special issue belongs to the Section Exposome Analysis and Risk Assessment)
Health Effects of Air Pollution on Children and Adolescents
edited by Jing Li
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1494 | Submission Open
Keywords: air pollution; health effects; PM2.5; ozone; nitrogen oxides; children; adolescents
(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Pollution and Health)
Application of In Vitro Toxicity Evaluation Models for Environmental Pollutants
edited by Leslimar Rios-Colon and Suzanne Compton Fitzpatrick
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1058 | Submission Open
Keywords: in vitro techniques; environmental contaminants; new approach methodologies (NAMSs); per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs); microplastics; pesticides; endocrine-disrupting chemicals; complex in vitro models
Ecotoxicological Effects of Anthropogenic Contaminants in Aquatic Organisms submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 757 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging pollutants; health assessment; aquatic ecosystems; behavioural alterations; histological alterations; gene expression; aquatic vertebrates and invertebrates; reproductive toxicology; interferences with metabolism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecotoxicology)
One Health, Many Risks: Ecotoxicology in the Age of Emerging Pollutants
edited by , Maciej Tankiewicz and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open
Keywords: One Health approach; ecotoxicology; environmental toxicology; hazardous organic pollutants; medical drugs in the environment; endocrine disruptors; chronic exposure pathways; genotoxicity markers; rare earth elements toxicity; VOC exposure in occupational settings
Drug Metabolism and Toxicological Mechanisms—2nd Edition
edited by Qi Wang, and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 237 | Submission Open
Keywords: drug metabolism; toxicity; mechanism; preclinical study; clinical trial
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drugs Toxicity)
Effects of Exposure to Emerging Environmental Pollutants on Human Health
edited by Biban Gill, , Kelsi Perttula and Lauren Petrick
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open
Keywords: persistent organic pollutants (POPs); emerging pollutants; environmental exposure; human Health epidemiology; omics; risk assessment; molecular epidemiology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Toxicology and Epidemiology)
Air Pollution Monitoring and Epidemiology
edited by Liqiong Guo
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 208 | Submission Open
Keywords: air pollution monitoring; environmental epidemiology; health risk; exposure assessment; public health
Effects of Acute Exposure to Toxicants on Oxidative Stress in Aquatic Organisms, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open
Keywords: toxicology; oxidative stress; antioxidant; biomarkers; reactive oxygen species; oxidative damage; redox homeostasis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecotoxicology)
Molecular Mechanisms of Disease Caused from Environmental Fluoride and Arsenic Exposures
edited by , Xiance Sun and
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8454 | Submission Open
Keywords: arsenic; fluorine; human health; toxicity effect; toxicity mechanism; biomarkers; risk assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Toxicology and Epidemiology)
Novel Remediation Strategies for Soil Pollution
edited by Jiaqi Shi and Tingting Fan
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6080 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil remediation; advanced oxidative process; soil risk assessment; bioremediation; combined remediation of soil and groundwater; development of innovative remediation material
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecotoxicology)
Interventions, Practices, and Policies to Reduce Particulate Matter Air Pollution Exposure and Health Outcomes
edited by and Shir Ginzburg
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 163 | Submission Open
Keywords: exposure reduction; health outcomes; interventions; particulate matter; randomized trials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Pollution and Health)
Hazardous Effects of Pesticides on Human Health—2nd Edition submission deadline 17 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3898 | Submission Open
Keywords: pesticide; product formulation; chronic low-level exposure; comparative toxicological assessment; human health effect; genotoxicity; carcinogenicity; teratogenicity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agrochemicals and Food Toxicology)
Soil Heavy Metal Pollution and Human Health
edited by and Chengchen Wang
submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2382 | Submission Open
Keywords: heavy metals; human health; food safety; monitoring techniques; pretreatment methods; contaminant control approaches
(This special issue belongs to the Section Metals and Radioactive Substances)
Emerging Methodologies in Toxicology for Environmental Safety Assessment submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1180 | Submission Open
Keywords: toxicology; chemical safety; emerging contaminants; integrated approaches; predictive modeling; new methodology approaches; high-throughput screening; adverse-outcome pathways; risk assessment; One Health
Ecological Remediation of Heavy Metal-Polluted Environment
edited by Ruyi Yang, and Meng Zhu
submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 331 | Submission Open
Keywords: heavy metal pollution; ecological remediation; emerging techniques; rhizosphere microecological processes; remediation efficiency optimization; ecosystem health assessment post-remediation; remediation policies and standards
(This special issue belongs to the Section Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation)
Toxicological Effects of Natural Products Derived from Plants or Animals Used in Therapeutical Treatments
edited by and Carla Raggi
submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 204 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural products; plant; animal; therapeutic effect; toxicological evaluation; cytotoxicity; genotoxicity; reproductive toxicity
Genotoxicity of Environmental Pollutants: From Mechanistic Insights to Risk Assessment submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open
Keywords: mutagenicity; carcinogenicity; Ames; DNA damage; risk assessment; environmental pollutants; micronucleus
(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Toxicology and Epidemiology)
Transformation Process and Toxic Effects of Pollutants in Agricultural Environment
edited by , Liang Peng and Weijie Xue
submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7688 | Submission Open
Keywords: heavy metal pollution; emerging contaminants; contamination remediation; contaminated farmland; ecotoxicological aspects of the agro-environment; microplastics; toxicity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation)
Exploring Toxicity, Metabolism, and Transformation of Organic Pollutants
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4943 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging organic pollutants; soil pollution; migration and biotransformation; environmental occurrence; metabolism; bioaccumulation; transformation products
(This special issue belongs to the Section Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation)
Prenatal Chemical Exposure and Child Health Outcomes
edited by , Cecilia Alcala and Jamil Lane
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4883 | Submission Open
Keywords: chemical exposure; children’ s health; birth outcomes; environmental mixtures; prenatal exposure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity)
Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Pollutants—2nd Edition
edited by Guang Jia and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3205 | Submission Open
Keywords: toxic effects; toxic mechanism; biomarkers; multi-omics techniques; nanotoxicity; heavy metals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Toxicology and Epidemiology)
Characteristics, Sources, Occurrence and Toxicological Mechanisms of Environmental Pollutants in Aquatic Systems
edited by Desheng Pei and Panpan Jia
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3126 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic systems; environmental pollutants; neurodevelopmental and developmental toxicity; animal models; exposure and detection methods; human health; molecular mechanisms
Biomonitoring of Toxic Elements and Emerging Pollutants
edited by , Pedro Andreo-Martínez and Juan Jose Ramos
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2880 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental health risks; bioaccumulation; biomonitoring; ecotoxicity; emerging contaminants; one health; biological effect monitoring; laboratory tests and validation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)
Microplastics in Atmospheric, Aquatic, and Soil Ecosystems: Occurrence, Impacts, and Innovations in Detection and Mitigation
edited by Jheng-Jie Jiang and Tetsuro Agusa
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2516 | Submission Open
Keywords: microplastics; nanoplastics; atmospheric microplastics; aquatic ecosystems; soil microplastics; analytical techniques; ecotoxicology; human health; remediation strategies; policy implications
Environmental Contaminants and Human Health—2nd Edition
edited by Lin Xu, Penghui Li and Xingchen Zhao
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2271 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental contaminants; exposure; health effects; risk estimation; toxicological effect; food chain; microplastics; emerging pollutants; nanotoxicology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Exposome Analysis and Risk Assessment)
Advances in Monitoring, Transformation and Ecological Risk Assessment of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Aquatic Environments
edited by Haohan Yang and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1603 | Submission Open
Keywords: PPCPs; natural organic materials; micro/nanoplastics; bioavailability; ecological risk assessment; biological effects; transfromation and metabolic pathways
(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)
Pollutants in Soil and Groundwater, Effects and Strategies for Comprehensive Risk Assessment
edited by , Wenhan Cheng, Zhuding Chu and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 872 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil and groundwater pollution; risk assessment; ecological and human health impacts; remediation strategies; emerging pollutants; environmental monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Exposome Analysis and Risk Assessment)
Pharmaceutical Pollutants: Environmental Fate, Risk Assessment and Sustainable Solutions
edited by Guixiang Zhang
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 866 | Submission Open
Keywords: pharmaceuticals; antibiotic resistance genes; soil; water; sediments; environmental fate; risk assessment; sustainable solutions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)
Oxidative Degradation and Toxicity of Environmental Pollutants
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 730 | Submission Open
Keywords: oxidative degradation; toxicity; environmental pollutants; volatile organic compounds; reaction mechanisms; kinetics; advanced oxidation process
(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)
Assessing Contaminants in Food: Dietary Exposure, Human Health Risks, and Emerging Challenges submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental exposure; toxic chemicals; emerging pollutants; micro(nano)plastics; analytical methods; biomonitoring; health risks; human health; One Health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)
Nanomaterials Adsorption and Removal of Pollutants and Environmental Remediation
edited by Yinqing Zhang and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 127 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanomaterials; pollutant adsorption; pollutant removal; environmental remediation; toxicity reduction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation)
Effects and Mechanism of Endocrine Disruption and Reproductive Abnormality of Emerging Pollutant
edited by Liping Lu, Yu Han, and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental toxicology; endocrine disruption; molecular mechanism; emerging pollutants; nuclear receptor; computational toxicology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity)
Human Exposure and Computational Modeling of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1123 | Submission Open
Keywords: human biomonitoring; computational modeling; OMICS analysis; risk assessment; mechanism of action; adverse outcome pathways; human health predictive modeling machine learning new approach methodology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Novel Methods in Toxicology Research)
Toxicity and Safety Assessment of Exposure to Heavy Metals submission deadline 14 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4058 | Submission Open
Keywords: human exposure to metals; environmental contamination; metals’ biogeochemistry; food metal contaminants; toxic effects of metals; metals’ mechanisms of toxicity; risk assessment; biomarkers; metallodrugs; metal ion chelators
(This special issue belongs to the Section Metals and Radioactive Substances)
From Low-Tier to Individual Effects of Emerging Pollutants: Integrative Approaches to Ecotoxicological Assessments—2nd Edition submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1629 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomarkers; ecotoxicology; emerging pollutants; biological effects; mode of action; integrative analysis; analytical methods; sub-lethal endpoints
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecotoxicology)
Emerging Pollutants in the Air and Health Risks
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8100 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging pollutants; air pollution; exposure assessment; risk assessment; novel methodologies; statistical modeling; toxic mechanisms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Exposome Analysis and Risk Assessment)
Toxicity Assessment and Safety Management of Nanomaterials
edited by
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3074 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanotoxicology; engineered nanomaterials; micro- and nanoplastics; nano– bio interactions; biotransformation; structure– activity relationship; health risks
(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)
Plant Responses to Heavy Metal
edited by Yanqun Zu
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 451 | Submission Open
Keywords: heavy metals; plant; soil pollution; phytoremediation; mechanism; regulation and control
New Insights into the Environmental Behaviour and Toxicity of Critical and Strategic Metals in Aquatic Ecosystems
edited by , Séverine Le Faucheur and
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 173 | Submission Open
Keywords: critical and strategic minerals (CSMs); environmental behavior; toxicological risk assessment; bioavailability and bioaccumulation; aquatic ecosystems; omics techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Metals and Radioactive Substances)
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