Environmental Pollutants Exposure and Toxicity
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: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 559
Special Issue Editor
Interests: toxicology; biochemistry; molecular biology; in vitro methods; health risk assessment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The challenges of modern times are particularly pronounced in our living, urban and working environment. We are exposed to a variety of chemical substances both as a result of human activity and natural sources.
Despite advances regarding the determination of the toxicological characteristics of chemical substances, we are now faced with problems caused by the simultaneous explosion of various pollutants from the environment, even in values at the regulatory limit values. For example, new categories of pollutants, including endocrine disruptors, persistent organic pollutants, microplastics, fine and ultrafine dust particles, etc., have been discovered. In addition, a novel approach employed in toxicological research is the application of alternative in vitro and in silico methods.
We welcome researchers in the field of toxicology and human and environmental safety to submit reviews or original scientific articles to this Special Issue. The scope of this Special Issue includes recent advances in the study of molecular mechanisms with toxic effects, as well as the application of molecular methods for the assessment of safety and the development of new informative biomarkers. We also welcome research in the field of modelling and computational toxicology.
Prof. Dr. Tzveta Georgieva
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- environmental pollutants exposure assessment
- molecular methods
- biomarkers
- human safety
- environmental safety
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