Environmental Contaminants and Human Health—2nd Edition
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Exposome Analysis and Risk Assessment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 47
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental pollutants; environmental health effects; environmental modeling
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: environmental pollutants; environmental health effects; environmental modeling
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: nanotoxicology; micro/nanoplastics; food chain
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Environmental contaminants and related human health risks have become a global environmental issue. Environmental contaminants enter the ecosystem and are enriched by the food chain. Potential exposure to humans has been a concern for society as a whole. In recent years, there has been growing interest in the relationship between environmental contaminants and human diseases, trying to answer the question of how contaminants affect human bodies. Therefore, this Special Issue focuses on environmental contaminants and human health, aiming to figure out the relationship and mechanism. It covers, but is not limited to, the following topics: the occurrence levels of contaminants in environmental and human bodies, exposure estimation, toxicity research, meta-analyses, and data reviews.
In Volume I, we published papers regarding the impacts of various environmental pollutants on human health and organisms. These included studies on the dietary exposure of bisphenol analogues in the elderly Chinese population, the relationship between pollutant exposure (such as lead, DEHP, PM2.5, ethylene oxide, etc.) and health issues like reproductive toxicity, lung diseases, liver function impairment, and cardiovascular diseases. These works advanced our understanding of the complex relationship between environmental pollutants and biological systems. This Special Issue focuses on the impacts of environmental pollutants on human and organism health, and original research articles, communications, and reviews in this area are welcome to be submitted.
Prof. Dr. Lin Xu
Dr. Penghui Li
Dr. Xingchen Zhao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental contaminants
- exposure
- health effects
- risk estimation
- toxicological effect
- food chain
- microplastics
- emerging pollutants
- nanotoxicology
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