Advances in Monitoring, Transformation and Ecological Risk Assessment of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Aquatic Environments
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Emerging Contaminants".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 389
Special Issue Editors
Interests: pharmaceuticals and personal care products; water environment monitoring; ecological risk assessment; bioavailability; biological effects
Interests: anammox; wastewater treatment; nitrogen removal; sustainability; process op-timization; technological advancements; environmental engineering; biological treatment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to their widespread use and incomplete elimination, pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) have been frequently detected in aquatic environments. Although the concentrations of these pollutants are generally found at low levels, their presence is considered to pose a threat to aquatic organisms and human health. However, information about their bioavailability, biological effects, fate, and ecological risk is still largely unknown in the presence of environmental factors, such as natural organic materials, suspended particles, and micro/nanoplastics. Further investigation is also needed relating to the removal and metabolic pathways of PPCPs in wastewater treatment processes. Given that the emerging pollutants in aquatic ecosystems may threaten human health, special attention should be paid to these pollutants.
We invite research and review papers on, but not limited to, the following research areas:
- Advanced monitoring method of PPCPs in aquatic systems;
- Bioavailability of PPCPs under the influence of environmental factors;
- Transformation and metabolic pathways of PPCPs in wastewater treatment;
- Ecotoxicological effects of PPCPs on aquatic organisms;
- Ecological risk assessment of PPCPs in water bodies.
Dr. Haohan Yang
Prof. Dr. Jun Wu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- PPCPs
- natural organic materials
- micro/nanoplastics
- bioavailability
- ecological risk assessment
- biological effects
- transfromation and metabolic pathways
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