Pollution of Legacy and Emerging Contaminants in Developing Countries: Occurrence, Effects, Risk Assessment, and Remediation
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Emerging Contaminants".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2023) | Viewed by 4676
Special Issue Editors
Interests: aquatic toxicology; microbial ecotoxicology; multi-omics; DNA metabarcoding; PPCPs; POPs; spatiotemporal distribution; risk assessment
Interests: ecotoxicology; POPs; PPCPs; environmental risk assessment; toxicogenomics; model organisms
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Thousands of chemicals, ranging from personal care products to industrial-scale application, have been on the market since industrialization. While these substances have benefited humankind, chemical pollution has become an emerging environmental challenge facing the world today, especially developing countries with less well-established waste and wastewater related infrastructure, as well as chemical use legislation and regulation. The occurrence of chemical residues in the environment can cause severe damage to environmental and human health.
The detection of a number of legacy and emerging pollutants, including persistent organic pollutants (POPs), pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), nanoparticles, microplastics, heavy metals, etc., has been widely reported in Western countries. However, their occurrence, effects, and remediation approach available for developing countries are far less understood. A comprehensive evaluation of pollution of legacy and emerging contaminants in developing countries is a prerequisite for effective control. This Special Issue includes but is not limited to their occurrence, analytical method development, aquatic and terrestrial ecotoxicology, environmental modeling, risk assessment, and remediation technologies.
Prof. Dr. Jiahua Guo
Dr. Jiezhang Mo
Dr. Wen Sun
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- POPs
- PPCPs
- heavy metals
- microplastics
- environmental exposure
- ecotoxicity
- aquatic toxicology
- source apportionment
- risk assessment
- remediation
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