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Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Aquatic Environment: Sources, Monitoring and Potential Risks

edited by

Asfandyar Shahab

and

Habib Ullah

submission deadline 22 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5068

Keywords: emerging contaminants; aquatic pollution; environmental monitoring; wastewater contaminants; ecological risk assessment; remediation technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Atmospheric Aerosols and Human Health

edited by

Choong-Min Kang

submission deadline 24 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1775 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric aerosols; source apportionment; radioactivity; health effect; mitigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Pollution and Health)

Sustainable Soil Amendments for the Immobilization of Potentially Toxic Elements

edited by

Valentina Pidlisnyuk

Karim Suhail Al Souki

and Aritz Burges

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1901 | Submission Open

Keywords: potentially toxic element contamination; soil remediation; soil amendments; PTE immobilization; bioavailability; environmental risk assessment; waste-derived amendments; long-term stability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation)

New Emerging Contaminants Identification and Determination

edited by Mahmut Selim Ersan

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 312 | Submission Open

Keywords: sources of new emerging contaminants (NECs); current detection technologies; occurrence in potable water and wastewater reuse; non-target and suspect screening; occurrence, formation, and transformation of NECs in engineered and natural systems; nondestructive advanced water and wastewater treatment processes; destructive advanced oxidation and reduction processes (AOPs/ARPs); preconcentration and sample preparation techniques for trace detection; toxicology of NECs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Toxicity of Phthalate Esters (PAEs)

edited by

Zhenxing Chi

submission deadline 28 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7167 | Submission Open

Keywords: phthalate esters; toxic mechanism; toxic effect; in vivo study; in vitro study

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Ecological Impacts and Human Health Risks

edited by Thimo Groffen

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7786 | Submission Open

Keywords: PFAS; ecotoxicity; toxicity; health effect; fate; transport; bioavailability; bioaccumulation; biomagnification; risk assessment

Toxicological Effects and Mechanisms of Environmental Endocrine Disruptors

edited by Liting Zhou

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3683 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental endocrine disruptors; epidemiological research; health effects; mixed exposure; emerging experimental models; mechanism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Toxicology and Epidemiology)

Assessment of Dietary Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals and Health Risks

edited by

Haixia Sui

Philip Marx-Stoelting

and Denise Bloch

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3158 | Submission Open

Keywords: dietary exposure assessment; food chemical; food safety; risk assessment; exposure science; toxicological research; new approach methodologies; cumulative risk assessment; threshold of toxicological concern; read across; chemical mixtures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agrochemicals and Food Toxicology)

Environmental Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants: Determination and Implications for Food Safety and Public Health

edited by

Stefania Paola De Filippis

and Elena Dellatte

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2283 | Submission Open

Keywords: persistent organic pollutants; bioaccumulation; food contamination; human biomonitoring; exposure assessment; analytical methods; public health risk; dioxins and PCBs; food chain; emergency surveillance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Exposome Analysis and Risk Assessment)

Human Biomonitoring of Emerging Agricultural Exposure: Risks and Health Impacts

edited by

Enrico Paci

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1894 | Submission Open

Keywords: occupational exposure; agricultural workers; mycotoxins; biological toxins; fungi; human biomonitoring—HB; biomarkers of exposure; reference values; food safety; livestock farms; analytical methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Toxicology and Epidemiology)

Persistent Organic Pollutants and Ecotoxicology in the Aquatic Environments

edited by Leila Soledade Lemos and

Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1691 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioaccumulation; trophic transfer; endocrine disruption; aquatic toxicology; environmental persistence; organic pollutants

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecotoxicology)

Microplastics as Dual-Origin Contaminant Vectors: Leaching, Sorption Dynamics, and Combined Biological Impacts

edited by Mukhtiar Ali,

Jiangyong Hu

and Sungwoo Bae

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1531 | Submission Open

Keywords: contaminant vectors; intrinsic additives; contaminants sorption; environmental transport; bioaccumulation; toxicity; environmental health; PFAS; ecological impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Biological Responses to Environmental Stressors: Multilevel Approaches from Cells to Organisms

edited by Federica Impellitteri and

Caterina Faggio

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1304 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular mechanisms; organoids; in vivo systems; biological stress responses; multilevel approaches; cellular mechanisms; molecular adaptation; experimental models; in vitro systems; integrative biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecotoxicology)

Response of Plants to Potentially Toxic Element (PTE) Stress

edited by

Rafael Clemente

and

M J Alvarez-Robles

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 371 | Submission Open

Keywords: potentially toxic elements (PTEs); plant oxidative stress; soil contamination; phytoremediation; risk assessment; abiotic stress; toxicity mitigation; biomarkers; antioxidant activity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation)

Environmental Dynamics of Bioaerosols: Dispersion, Transport, and Fate

edited by

Byung Uk Lee

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 342 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioaerosols; SARS-CoV-2; filter; airborne transmission; precipitation; infectious diseases; mpox; bioaerosols dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Pollution and Health)

Advanced Approaches for Air Pollution Exposure and Health Risk Assessment

edited by Zhiyuan Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 310 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution; exposure assessment; health risk assessment; PM2.5; O3

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Pollution and Health)

Environmental Toxicity of Products from Biomass Thermochemical Processes

edited by

Tingting Li

, Hongbin Lu and Zhuowei Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 274 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass utilization; chemical transformation; thermochemical products; environmental toxicity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Environmental Toxicology of Soil Pollutants: Plant Responses and Soil–Plant Interactions

edited by Zhenggui Wei

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 255 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil pollution; environmental toxicology; heavy metals in soil; phytotoxicity; bioremediation; ecotoxicology; phytoremediation; plant stress responses; soil–plant interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecotoxicology)

Microbial Systems for Enhanced Degradation of Recalcitrant Organic Pollutants

edited by Xiaoqiang Jia

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 255 | Submission Open

Keywords: recalcitrant organic pollutants; microbial remediation; pollutant toxicity–microbe interactions; biodegradation mechanisms; metabolic cooperation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation)

Source and Components Analysis of Aerosols in Air Pollution—2nd Edition

edited by

Jian Gao

and Yujie Zhang

submission deadline 5 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 582 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric aerosols; sources and composition of aerosols; toxicological characteristics; particulate matter; aerosol components

Toxicity of Air Pollutants to the Digestive and Respiratory Systems

edited by Qingtao Meng

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 328 | Submission Open

Keywords: environment and health; emerging pollutants; air pollution; gut health effect; respiratory system; gut microbiota

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Pollution and Health)

Emerging PFAS: Environmental Fate, Health Risks, and Innovative Remediation Approaches

edited by Daochen Zhu

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3541 | Submission Open

Keywords: PFAS; environmental fate; bioaccumulation; health risk assessment; analytical methods; advanced oxidation; bioremediation; phytoremediation; enzyme engineering; defluorination

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Environmental Behavior and Ecological Risks of Micro- and Nanoplastics in Aquatic Environments

edited by Agata Egea-Corbacho Lopera and María del Pilar Yeste Sigüenza

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 899 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics; nanoplastics; aquatic environments; environmental behaviour; ecological risk assessment; contaminant interactions; toxicity mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Human Biomonitoring, Exposure Assessment and Quantitative Analysis of PFASs

edited by

Annalisa Abballe

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2877 | Submission Open

Keywords: PFASs; human exposure; risk communication; risk management; risk assessment; health impact assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Exposome Analysis and Risk Assessment)

Plant Uptake of Heavy Metals in Soil

edited by Guo Yu and

Habib Ullah

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2236 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil remediation; hyperaccumulator; rhizosphere; in situ imaging; multi-omics; metals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation)

Environmental Contamination, Toxic Effect, and Risk Assessment of Microplastics and Plastic Additives

edited by

Yu Wang

Chu Peng

and

Lili Rong

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8228 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics; plastic additives; environmental contamination; biomonitoring; bioaccumulation; toxicity mechanism; ecological risk assessment; human health effect

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Environmental Study of Waste Management: Life Cycle Assessment

edited by

Qing Huang

and Sardar Khan

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6501 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste management; solid waste; animal manure; wastewater sludge; environmental risk

(This special issue belongs to the Section Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation)

Fate and Transport of Emerging Contaminants in Soil

edited by

Xiaona Li

Yi Wang

and Xiupei Zhou

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5927 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; soil pollution; ecotoxicology; transport and transformation; degradation mechanisms; remediation technology; environmental policy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Environmental Contamination by Toxic Metals and Metalloids, Exposure Limits, and Toxicity Thresholds

edited by

Soisungwan Satarug

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3554 | Submission Open

Keywords: antioxidant flavonoids; benchmark dose modeling; cadmium toxicity; food contaminants; metals and metalloids; plant foods and antioxidants; tolerable intake level; toxicity targets and thresholds; toxicity mechanism; toxicity mitigation; selenium; zinc

(This special issue belongs to the Section Exposome Analysis and Risk Assessment)

Rare Earth Elements (REEs) and Related Pollutants: Ecotoxicological Effects, Risk Assessment and Machine Learning Prediction

edited by Zaosheng Wang and Ruiqing Zhang

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 229 | Submission Open

Keywords: rare earth elements (REEs); toxic effects; mining watershed; risk assessment; machine learning; water quality benchmark

In Vitro Models for Toxicological Screening of Novel Therapeutics

edited by

Iasmina Marcovici

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 173 | Submission Open

Keywords: 2D in vitro models 3D in vitro models; new approach methodologies (NAMs); in vitro toxicology; cell-based drug screening; safety profile; drug development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Novel Methods in Toxicology Research)

Toxic Agent Analysis and Removal for Healthy Living and Safe Environment

edited by

Petru Negrea

and

Nicoleta Sorina Nemeş

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9160 | Submission Open

Keywords: toxic agents; human health; environmental protection; heavy metals; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; pesticides; xenobiotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation)

Forensic and Post-Mortem Toxicology

edited by

Ivan Šoša

and

Antonina Argo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9041 | Submission Open

Keywords: omics-integrated forensic workflows; high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS); ambient ionization techniques (DART-MS); AI-enhanced toxicological analysis; portable field-deployable devices; molecular autopsy; precision forensic investigations; ethical and sustainable practices; traceable data protocols; anonymization standards

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drugs Toxicity)

Advanced Mitigation Strategies for Air Pollutants: Innovative Technologies and Management Practices

edited by

Wenli Feng

Zhaowen Cheng

and

Chaosheng Zhu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6418 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollutants; mitigation strategies; innovative Technologies; emission control; abatement strategies; real-time monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Pollution and Health)

Occurrence and Environmental Risks of Organic Pollutants in Aquatic Environment—2nd Edition

edited by

Chenglian Feng

Bingli Lei

and

Weiying Feng

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5755 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic pollutants; aquatic environment; risk assessment; toxicology; migration and transformation behaviors; toxic effects; environmental exposure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecotoxicology)

Atmospheric Emissions Characteristics and Its Impact on Human Health—2nd Edition

edited by

Qian Zhang

, Hongmei Xu, Tian Chang and Peng Wei

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5345 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution; health risk assessment; atmospheric emissions; personal exposure; particulate matter; toxic pollutants; optical characteristics; secondary organic aerosol; source apportionment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Pollution and Health)

Evaluation and Biomonitoring of Potentially Toxic and Rare Earth Elements

edited by Ángel Rodríguez Hernández,

Manuel L Zumbado

and Carmen José Mateos Vega

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5203 | Submission Open

Keywords: potentially toxic elements (PTEs); rare earth elements (REEs); human biomonitoring; animal biomonitoring; environmental pollution; toxicological effects; risk assessment; oxidative stress; public health

Persistent Pollutants and Biotoxins in Aquatic Environments: Ecotoxicological and Human Health Perspectives

edited by

Maria João Rocha

, João S. Carrola and

Ana M. Coimbra

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5023 | Submission Open

Keywords: persistent organic pollutants; ecotoxicology; human health risks; aquatic environment; bioaccumulation; ecological effects; aquatic toxicology; per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs); microplastics and nanoplastics; pesticides; heavy metals; polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs); “One health” concept

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Ecotoxicological Effects of Contaminants on Aquatic Organisms

edited by Renato Massaaki Honji,

Amanda da Silveira Guerreiro

and Giovana Souza Branco

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3132 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic ecotoxicology; environmental contaminants; metals; pharmaceuticals; microplastics; nanoplastics; mixture toxicity; biomarkers; aquatic organisms; environmental risk

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecotoxicology)

Oxidative Removal of Emerging Contaminants

edited by

Chuanjia Jiang

and Hongyang Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1394 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; environmental catalysis; advanced oxidation process; catalytic oxidation; photocatalysis; reactive oxygen species; water treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation)

Integration of Animal Models and Omics Technologies for Exploring Toxicity Mechanisms

edited by

Liang Chen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1096 | Submission Open

Keywords: toxicity; animal models; biomarker; multi‑omics; mechanistic toxicology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Novel Methods in Toxicology Research)

Marine Micro/Nano-Particles Pollution and Ecological Effects

edited by

Xiaoshan Zhu

, Yanhui Dai and

Wei Qian

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 354 | Submission Open

Keywords: engineered nanoparticles; micro/nano-plastics; environment behavior; ecological effects; ecotoxicity; risk assessment; ecological restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Human Exposure Characteristics and Health Effects of Emerging Pollutants

edited by

Juntong Wei

Pengfei Wu

and Guodong Cao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 343 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging pollutants; human exposure; health effects; environmental monitoring; toxicology; risk assessment; biomarkers; environmental health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Microbial Mitigation of Pharmaceutical Soil Toxicity

edited by

Mariusz Cycoń

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 280 | Submission Open

Keywords: pharmaceutical residues; soil microbiome; biodegradation; biotransformation; bioaugmentation; biostimulation; microbial consortia; rhizoremediation; antimicrobial resistance (AMR); transformation products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation)

Feature Research and Review Papers in Drugs Toxicity

edited by

Youssef Sari

submission deadline 5 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open

Keywords: neurotoxicity; toxicity; illicit drugs; non-illicit drugs; substances of abuse; drugs of abuse; drug addiction; chemotherapeutic drugs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drugs Toxicity)

Mercury Cycling and Health Effects—2nd Edition

edited by José Vicente Elias Bernardi,

Wanderley Rodrigues Bastos

Jurandir Rodrigues De Souza

and Ronaldo Almeida

submission deadline 10 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9478 | Submission Open

Keywords: mercury exposure; food web; methylmercury; ecotoxicology; health risk assessment; environment; fish; gestational age; fetal growth; pregnancy; Hg emissions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metals and Radioactive Substances)

Occurrence and Toxicity of Microplastics in the Aquatic Compartment

edited by

Qi Li

submission deadline 10 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4456 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic environment; microplastics; nanoplastics; aquatic ecosystems; environmental stressors; animals; ecological risk

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecotoxicology)

Green Biomonitoring: Using Plants to Trace Environmental Pollutants and Understand Their Physiological Responses

edited by

Barbara Pawłowska

submission deadline 13 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 980 | Submission Open

Keywords: green biomonitoring; bioindicators; environmental pollution; plant physiology; heavy metals; oxidative stress; biomarkers; omics technologies; air pollution; ecological risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecotoxicology)

Contaminant Behavior and Risk in a Changing Environment

edited by Fawang Zhang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydro-engineering-environment coupling; emerging contaminants; environmental toxicology; exposure assessment; compound events; risk assessment and resilience governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation)

New Methods for Evaluating Effects of Exposure to Environmental Complex Mixtures on Human Health

edited by Wangjian Zhang and

Xiao Lin

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2371 | Submission Open

Keywords: comparative risk assessment; environmental complex mixtures; human mixture exposome; effect modification; equity and vulnerable populations; adverse health effects; methodological studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Exposome Analysis and Risk Assessment)

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