Occurrence, Fate, Bioaccumulation and Toxic Effects of 6PPDQ
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Emerging Contaminants".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 6
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Interests: emerging organic pollutants; marine pollution; marine environmental geochemistry; ecological risk assessment
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Interests: emerging organic pollutants; bioaccumulation; trophic magnification; biotransformation; human exposure
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Interests: environmental toxicology; nanotoxicology; microplastics; emerging contaminants; mechanism-specific toxicity; pharmacology
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Dear Colleagues,
6PPD-quinone (6PPDQ) is a transformation product of the tire rubber antioxidant 6PPD (N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N′-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine) that has gained significant attention due to its extreme toxicity to certain aquatic species, particularly coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). Its presence in municipal stormwater has caused the acute mortality of coho salmon when they migrate to urban creeks to reproduce. Studying its occurrence and toxicity in the environment is of global significance. The many unanswered questions about 6PPDQ necessitate further research.
This Special Issue of Toxics is dedicated to advancing knowledge on the occurrence, fate, bioaccumulation, and toxic effects of 6PPDQ. We invite original research articles, reviews, and case studies that address critical aspects of this field.
Dr. Yuxin Sun
Prof. Dr. Xiaojun Luo
Prof. Dr. Dayong Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- 6PPDQ
- environmental behavior
- bioaccumulation
- toxicity
- human exposure
- transformation product
- risk assessment
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