Impact of Toxic and Harmful Volatile Organic Compounds on Health and Ecology
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 1236
Special Issue Editors
Interests: atmospheric complex pollution; toxic VOCs; convention-controlled halogenated hydrocarbons
Interests: secondary organic aerosols; S/IVOCs; physicochemical properties
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: SOA; VOCs; atmospheric complex pollution
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are ubiquitously present in aqueous, terrestrial, and atmospheric environments. Under ambient conditions, VOCs exist as vapors in the atmosphere and are likely the second most prevalent category of atmospheric pollutants after particulate matter, exhibiting an extensive distribution and remarkable diversity. Many VOC species demonstrate hazardous effects on human health, characterized by insidious, latent and cumulative toxicological properties. Concurrently, VOCs exert significant impacts on atmospheric environments. Specific VOCs actively participate in atmospheric photochemical oxidation processes, generating harmful photochemical oxidants such as ozone while contributing to the formation of secondary particulate matter in the atmosphere. Certain VOCs (e.g., chlorofluorocarbons) exhibit ozone-depleting properties, and others have strong infrared radiation absorption capacity, thereby contributing to global climate warming. In light of this, this Special Issue of the journal is hereby dedicated to presenting recent advances, knowledge gaps and future perspectives in research on the "Impact of Toxic and Harmful Volatile Organic Compounds on Health and Ecology". It aims to establish a robust scholarly platform for exchanging scientific achievements in this field, while actively contributing to the effective control of atmospheric VOCs, the protection of air quality and the preservation of human health and ecological integrity.
Prof. Dr. Hong Li
Dr. Junling Li
Dr. Yuanyuan Ji
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- anthropogenic and natural emissions of atmospheric VOCs
- transformation, transport and deposition of atmospheric VOCs
- impact of VOCs on the atmospheric environment
- human health risk assessment of toxic atmospheric VOCs
- characterization, sources and control of ODS
- monitoring, alternative abatement technologies and environmental impact of fluorinated greenhouse gases
- sources analysis techniques for atmospheric VOCs
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