Toxicity Mechanism of Emerging Pollutants: 2nd Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Toxicology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 777
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The group of emerging pollutant compounds includes environmental contaminants such as pharmaceuticals, disinfectants, personal care products, endocrine disruptors, pesticides, microplastics, and many others. Their impact on human health is often associated with cyto- and genotoxicity, and their effects include diseases such as diabetes, obesity, cancer, circulatory system diseases, and fertility disorders. These substances are detected in the environment in very low concentrations, but they still cause harmful effects in aquatic, soil, and human organisms. That is why it is so important to investigate the mechanisms of their action and discover ways to counteract their toxic properties. The aim of this Special Issue is to collect information on the occurrence, identification, and mechanisms of action of compounds from the emerging pollutants group. This collection of articles will include the most up-to-date articles on the mechanisms of action of environmental contaminants and methods of counteracting the toxicity of various xenobiotics, using the most modern methodologies. Therefore, this Special Issue is open to comprehensive reviews and original articles and covers the following topics:
- Occurrence and identification of emerging pollutants;
- Mechanisms of action of emerging pollutants;
- Cytotoxicity and genotoxicity;
- Molecular mechanisms of action of xenobiotics;
- Pesticides, microplastics, and cancer;
- Alleviation of the toxicity of contaminants.
Prof. Dr. Monika Naumowicz
Dr. Joanna Kotyńska
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- emerging pollutant
- toxicology
- cancer
- EDC
- pesticides
- microplastic
- human cell lines
- environment
- molecular mechanisms
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