Environmental Toxicology – Toxic Effects, Mechanisms, and Risk Assessment of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue will describe the toxic effects, mechanisms, and risk assessment of endocrine-disrupting chemicals that have been detected in the environment recently. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals such as bisphenol A and its alternatives, flame retardants, perfluoroalkyl acids, pharmaceuticals, phthalates, and others have been frequently detected in the environment and biota. However, there is only limited information available on their toxicological effects and risk assessment. To fill these knowledge gaps, this Special Issue aims to include a range of topics with the goal of linking toxic effects and underlying mechanisms for various endocrine-disrupting chemicals and approaches critical to support risk assessment and management. Manuscripts will be considered in areas such as:

1. Hazard characterization of endocrine disrupting chemicals;
2. Toxic effects of individual chemicals or mixtures at different organizational levels;
3. Investigations of the toxicological mechanism of endocrine disrupting chemicals;
4. New strategies in risk assessment of endocrine disrupting chemicals including in vivo, in vitro, and in silico methods.

Prof. Kyunghee Ji
Dr. Sunmi Kim
Guest Editors

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