Environmental Chemicals Exposure’s Impact on Reproductive and Developmental Health: Comprehensive Evidence for Risk Assessment
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 68
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental health; reproductive toxicology; emerging contaminants; exposome; metabolome; microbiome
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: cancer biomarkers; radiation toxicology; environmental carcinogenesis; genetic susceptibility
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The rapid development and widespread application of environmental chemicals have raised significant concerns regarding their potential impacts on human health, particularly those of reproductive toxicity on fertility, fetal development, and long-term population health. Although extensive data from environmental monitoring, epidemiological studies, and toxicology tests are available, these evidence streams are often evaluated separately, which can lead to biased conclusions and uncertainties in risk assessment. Integrating diverse lines of evidence is essential to comprehensively understand chemical hazards, reduce uncertainties, and achieve robust, science-based conclusions.
Therefore, this Special Issue will focus on comprehensive evidence integration from human populations, animal models, and in vitro systems, aiming to advance risk assessment frameworks for chemical exposures affecting reproductive and developmental health. Research areas may include but are not limited to the following areas:
- developing innovative methodologies for integrating multiple kinds of evidence;
- the application of new evidence integration strategies in reproductive and developmental toxicology;
- the utilization of alternative testing methods and computational toxicology tools in hazard characterization and
- the establishment of standardized, science-based frameworks for toxicity evaluation and chemical risk management.
In this Special Issue, high-quality original articles and reviews are welcomed. We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Yankai Xia
Dr. Jamie L. Inman
Guest Editors
Dr. Ruijia Zhang
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- environmental chemicals
- reproductive toxicology
- developmental toxicology
- risk assessment
- evidence integration
- hazard identification
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