Transformation Mechanism and Environmental Effect of Emerging Pollutants
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Emerging Contaminants".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 13
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental hygiene and health; environmental epidemiology; environmental toxicology; biomonitoring of human specimens including breast milk, cord blood, and venous blood; health risk assessment of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs); health risk assessment of halogenated persistent organic pollutants (POPs); bioassay for EDCs; monitoring of air hazardous pollutants in indoor and outdoor environment
Interests: air pollution control; waste-to-energy (WtE) and waste-to-material (WtM); advanced thermal technologies and optical diagnostics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, entitled “Transformation Mechanism and Environmental Effect of Emerging Pollutants”, presents a comprehensive collection of cutting-edge research focused on emerging contaminants. This Special Issue explores the transformation mechanisms and environmental impacts of various emerging pollutants, including endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), persistent organic pollutants (POPs), and heavy metals. Particular emphasis is placed on pollutants such as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), organophosphate esters (OPEs), microplastics, nanomaterials, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in diverse environmental matrices, including air, water, soil, food, and indoor environments.
Given the increasing detection frequency and persistence of these pollutants, it is critical to understand their physicochemical transformations, environmental fate, bioaccumulation potential, and long-term ecological risks. This Special Issue welcomes the submission of studies that address both degradation and transformation pathways—biotic or abiotic—as well as the resulting toxic or non-toxic transformation products that may pose new environmental challenges.
This Special Issue especially welcomes the submission of contributions utilizing advanced methodologies, such as multi-omics approaches, network toxicology, computational modeling, and innovative risk assessment frameworks, to elucidate transformation pathways and environmental effects. Furthermore, considering the potential negative impacts of these pollutants on human health, we also strongly encourage related in vitro, in vivo, and epidemiological studies to be submitted. Specifically, studies that explore the interactions between emerging pollutants and biological systems across different levels—from molecular to population—are of particular interest.
In addition to fundamental research, we also encourage manuscripts that contribute to environmental policy development, pollution control strategies, and sustainable chemical design. Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary studies that integrate environmental science, toxicology, material science, public health, and environmental engineering are also highly welcomed.
Dr. How-Ran Chao
Dr. Sheng-Lun Lin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- emerging pollutants
- polybrominated diphenyl ethers
- organophosphate esters
- microplastics
- nanomaterials
- per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
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