Occurrence and Environmental Risks of Organic Pollutants in Aquatic Environment—2nd Edition
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Ecotoxicology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 January 2026 | Viewed by 9
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Interests: ecotoxicology; environmental chemistry; risk assessment
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Interests: water pollution; environmental pollution and control
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With industrialization and urbanization, a large number of organic pollutants are discharged into the water environment, posing potential risks to both the water ecosystem and human health. There are significant differences in their environmental behaviors and potential risk of different types of pollutants. To assess the environmental risks of these organic pollutants as well, we first need to evaluate their occurrence, migration, and transformation behaviors in different environmental matrices. Nevertheless, numerous organic pollutants have been detected in aquatic environments, only a few of them have been toxicologically evaluated, and different types of organic pollutants exhibit different molecular mechanisms of toxic effects. Hence, it is necessary to study the toxicity of more organic pollutants for humans and organisms and associated molecular mechanisms. Furthermore, for some organic pollutants, they easily accumulate in aquatic organisms due to their persistence and refractory properties, thereby further complicating their toxicological mechanisms. Hence, a better understanding of the effects of organic pollutants in water environments is required to provide comprehensive inform and support to environmental managers, helping them to make decisions in environmental management.
For this 2nd edition, we seek manuscripts that will contribute to our knowledge of the occurrence and environmental risks of organic pollutants in aquatic environment. Papers may include—but are not limited to—toxicological effects and mechanisms of organic pollutants, the bioavailability and bioaccumulation of typical pollutants (toxic metals and organic pollutants) in aquatic ecosystems, ecological risk assessments and human health impact evaluations on organic pollutants, distribution, migration and transformation behaviors of organic pollutants.
Authors are invited to submit original research papers, reviews, and short communications. We would also welcome the submission of commentaries, reviews, and meta-analyses.
Dr. Chenglian Feng
Dr. Bingli Lei
Dr. Weiying Feng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- organic pollutants
- aquatic environment
- risk assessment
- toxicology
- migration and transformation behaviors
- toxic effects
- environmental exposure
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