Environmental Exposure, Toxicity and Health Impact of Emerging Environmental Contaminants
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Emerging Contaminants".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 July 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: disinfection byproducts; water and wastewater treatment; drinking water quality; risk assessment; environmental monitoring
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Emerging environmental contaminants pose significant risks to public health and ecosystems globally. Pollutants such as heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, microplastics, PFASs, and disinfection byproducts are now prevalent in various environmental matrices, including air, soil, and water. These contaminants’ adverse impacts are becoming increasingly recognized, including potential effects on both human health and ecological systems.
Recent advances in research have begun to elucidate the mechanisms by which these contaminants exert their toxic effects; however, significant gaps remain in our understanding of their long-term health consequences and interactions across environmental media. This Special Issue will focus on the mechanisms of toxicity, development of early-warning biomarkers, and assessments of health risks associated with emerging environmental pollutants. Research topics may include but are not limited to
- The occurrence of emerging environmental contaminants in various environmental media;
- Mechanisms of toxicity and health impacts from various contaminants;
- The development of early-warning biomarkers for exposure assessments;
- Comprehensive health risk assessments of environmental contaminants;
- Innovative strategies for risk mitigation and remediation.
We invite you to submit your original research papers and reviews to this Special Issue.
Dr. Jiafu Li
Dr. Jingsi Chen
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Toxics is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- environmental exposure
- toxicity
- emerging environmental contaminants
- health impact
- drinking water
- water pollution
- human heath risk
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