Ecotoxicology of Pollutants of High Concern
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 16 January 2026 | Viewed by 9
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ecotoxicology; emerging organic pollutants
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: ecotoxicology; community toxicology; eDNA and eRNA
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The increasing presence of environmental pollutants of high concern, including persistent organic pollutants (POPs), endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), pharmaceuticals and personal care products, pesticides, microplastics, pathogens, etc., poses significant threats to the health of ecosystems and human. Many of these contaminants exhibit persistence, bioaccumulation potential, and toxicity, yet their long-term ecological impacts and health risks remain poorly understood. Regulatory frameworks often lag behind scientific findings, leaving gaps in risk assessment and management strategies for these hazardous substances.
This Special Issue aims to gather cutting-edge research on the ecotoxicological effects, environmental fate, and health risks associated with pollutants of high concern. We welcome original studies and reviews addressing, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Environmental behavior: Transport, transformation, and fate of pollutants in air, water, soil, and biota.
- Bioavailability and bioaccumulation: Uptake mechanisms and trophic transfer in ecosystems.
- Mechanistic toxicology: Molecular, cellular, organism-level, and population-level responses to single or mixed contaminants.
- Human and ecological risk assessment: Exposure pathways, biomonitoring, epidemiological insights, and ecosystem-level impacts.
- Advanced methodologies: Innovative approaches (e.g., omics, in silico modeling, and high-throughput assays) for risk assessment.
We encourage submissions from experimental, field, and modeling studies that enhance our understanding of these pollutants and support evidence-based environmental policies.
We look forward to your contributions.
Dr. Rui Zhang
Dr. Yuwei Xie
Dr. Pu Xia
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- persistent organic pollutants
- emerging contaminants
- environmental behavior
- mechanistic toxicology
- ecotoxicology
- environmental monitoring and biomonitoring
- environmental risk assessment
- human risk assessment
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