Environmental Fate, Toxicity, Risk Assessment and Remediation of Contaminants Associated with Mining and Industrial Activities
This special issue belongs to the section "Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation".
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mining and industrial activities are major sources of environmental contamination worldwide, releasing a wide variety of hazardous substances into soil, sediment, water, and air. These contaminants, including metals, metalloids, organic pollutants, emerging contaminants, and microplastics, may undergo complex transport, transformation, and accumulation processes, thereby posing significant risks to ecosystems and human health. Their persistence, mobility, bioavailability, and combined effects have become increasingly important issues in the assessment and management of contaminated environments.
This Special Issue aims to provide an interdisciplinary forum for recent advances in the understanding of the environmental fate, toxicity, risk assessment, and remediation of contaminants associated with mining and industrial activities. We welcome contributions addressing contaminant release, migration, speciation, transformation, bioavailability, exposure pathways, ecotoxicological effects, human health risks, and remediation technologies across various environmental media.
Dr. Shan Liu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- environmental fate
- contaminant transport and transformation
- ecotoxicity
- human health risk assessment
- bioavailability
- mixed contamination
- environmental remediation
- pollution control
- mining activities
- industrial activities
- heavy metal
- soil pollution
- machine learning
- emerging contaminants
- trace elements
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Published Papers
Toxics - ISSN 2305-6304