Analytical Methods to Monitor Emerging Organic Contaminants in the Environment

Dear Colleagues,

The existence of emerging organic contaminants (also known as contaminants of emerging concern (CECs)) in Nature (e.g., air, water, and soil) is an important environmental threat. Many of these molecules and their metabolites exhibit specific biological activities which make them capable of inducing unprecedented impacts on living biota. Despite the extensive studies conducted by various environmental agencies and independent researchers across the globe aiming to develop new methodologies to detect/quantify these kinds of relatively new pollutants from environmental matrices, this important environmental issue has still not been fully addressed. By recognizing the increasing importance of the above-mentioned environmental scenarios, the open-access journal Analytica is hosting a Special Issue to showcase the most recent findings from analytical scientists to detect/quantify CECs from the natural environment. This Special Issue also welcomes manuscripts dealing with the elimination of emerging organic pollutants from soil/aquatic/atmospheric environments, provided that the studies center the use of analytical techniques. Topics of potential interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to: 

1. Development of novel analytical methodologies to detect/quantify CECs from the natural environment;
2. Occurrence and stability of CECs monitored using modern analytical techniques;
3. Mechanistic studies on the metabolism/transformation of CECs;
4. Critical role of analytical techniques to elucidate the degradation mechanisms of CECs by advanced pollutant detoxification methods;
5. Laboratory models and/or real-world studies on the remediation of CECs involving the use of modern analytical strategies;
6. The fate/transformation (including mechanism) of CECs in Nature.

Dr. Sunil Paul Mathew Menacherry
Guest Editor

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• analytical methods
• emerging organic contaminants
• environmental monitoring
• environmental pollution
• risk assessment
• toxicity