Environmental Risk Assessment

Dear Colleagues,

Several decades of research on fate and effects of chemicals in the environment have resulted in enhanced knowledge of the adverse effects of classes of pollutants of a widely varying nature. Combined with increased public and regulatory awareness on potential adverse ecological effects, regulatory activities have been implemented in order to safeguard the quality and quantity of our natural environment, and to protect essential functions of global, regional, and local ecosystems. Thereupon, impacts of combinations of pollutants and additional stressors on ecosystem functioning (like climate change, acidification, and nitrification) have been assessed and implemented in regulations. So far, most attention has been devoted to investigation of fate and effects of 'conventional' industrial chemicals such as hydrophobic organic compounds and metals. Driven by large-scale industrial developments, a plethora of novel chemical structures is being introduced into the environment, whilst information on the fate and adverse effects of these emerging chemicals is mostly lacking.

This special issue is aimed at providing an opportunity to publish novel research findings related to the assessment and prediction of the fate and adverse effects of environmentally relevant chemicals, including 'conventional chemicals' like POPs, PBT-substances, and metals, as well as emerging chemicals like hydrophilic compounds (including perhalogenated chemicals), pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and nanomaterials. The special issue will cover the whole chain of emissions–environmental fate–adverse effects–risk assessment–risk management.

Assoc. Prof. Daniela Varrica
Guest Editor

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