Plastic Pollution: Environmental Occurrence, Public Health and Ecotoxicological Effects
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Toxicology and Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 206
Special Issue Editors
Interests: potentially toxic elements; microplastic; sedimentology; environmental geochemistry; water quality
Interests: geochemistry; heavy metals; metalloids; microplastics; environmental science; water pollution; groundwater; water quality; soil pollution
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to their malleability, durability, versatility, and low cost, plastic has been employed since the beginning of the 20th century in an uncontrolled manner for the manufacture and packaging of a wide range of products. According to the United Nations Environmental Program, 9.2 billion tons of plastic was produced from 1950 to 2017, usually ending up in environmental domains, including soils, sediments, air, surficial waters (river, lake, ocean, and glacier), and groundwater, from where they have been taken up by biota (both plants and animals). Because of this ubiquity, as well as their slow rates of degradation, toxicity, and interaction with chemical contaminants, plastics, and in particular microplastics, are considered as emerging pollutants. Plastic occurrence not only affects natural processes and the health of ecosystems, but also has an impact on human health, the production and quality of food, and the visual quality of landscape in recreational sites, generating environmental, social, and economic problems. Research focused on this problem has increased in the last decade; however, much remains to be known.
In this context, the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is launching a Special Issue (SI) titled “Plastic Pollution: Environmental Occurrence, Public Health and Ecotoxicological Effects”. This SI aims to publish recent advances in several aspects on plastic pollution. Topics in this SI include, but are not strictly limited to, the following:
- Concentration levels of macro and micro plastics in environmental domains;
- Ecotoxicological effects;
- Human health;
- Interaction with other pollutants;
- Remediation approaches;
- Circular economy;
- Public policy.
Dr. Carlos René Green-Ruiz
Dr. José R. Rivera-Hernández
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plastic pollution
- environmental monitoring
- plastic sources
- risk assessment
- sustainable management
- plastic ecotoxicology
- plastic toxicity
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