Exposure and Toxicity of Emerging Organic Pollutants in Soil

Dear Colleagues,

Emerging organic pollutants (EOPs) include antibiotics, personal care products, biocides, and industrial chemicals. The soil pollution generated by EOPs produces serious toxic residues that are detrimental to the environment and human health; this has become one of the greatest environmental challenges throughout the world. It is vital that the exposure and toxicity of EOPs in soil are investigated. Future research should provide further data regarding the exposure and toxicological effects of EOPs on organisms at various levels (molecular, cellular, individual, species, population and ecosystem).

This Special Issue welcomes papers on all relevant topics, including, but not limited to, the following:

1. Detection techniques and assessment methods employed for EOPs in soils.
2. Environmental monitoring and analysis of EOPs in soils.
3. Toxicity characterization, bioaccumulation, transformation and degradation of EOPs in plants and animals.
4. Microbial degradation of EOPs in soils.
5. Remediation technologies and materials to reduce soil EOP pollutants or their bioavailability.
6. Biotransformation of EOPs the rhizosphere and their absorption, transfer, and transformation in crops.

Dr. Shuyan Zhao
Dr. Lixia Zhao
Dr. Shuhong Fang
Guest Editors

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