Identification of Emerging Pollutants and Human Exposure
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 57
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental analytical chemistry; human exposure assessment
Interests: environmental analytical chemistry; development of mass spectrometry for screening new pollutants; development of clinical mass spectrometry methods; biological drug mass spectrometry; development of mass spectrum data analysis algorithm
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The rapid proliferation of industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals, microplastics, and their transformation products has led to growing concerns about emerging pollutants. Their presence in environmental matrices (e.g., air, water, soil, and biota) and the related human exposure raise urgent questions about long-term exposure risks and impacts on human health. This Special Issue invites cutting-edge research on the identification, analysis, exposure assessment, and mitigation of emerging pollutants across environmental and biological matrices. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Novel analytical methods for emerging pollutants, e.g., suspect and non-targeted screening based on mass spectrometric methods.
- Exposure pathways (dietary, inhalation, dermal) of emerging pollutants.
- Health risks associated with emerging pollutants
- Remediation strategies: innovative technologies for removing or degrading emerging pollutants.
We welcome submissions that combine interdisciplinary research in the fields of environmental chemistry, toxicology, public health, and environmental engineering, and hope that this Special Issue will contribute to a deeper understanding of emerging pollutants, their risks, and actionable solutions for mitigating their impacts.
Dr. Xiaotu Liu
Dr. Ting Wu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- emerging contaminants
- remediation strategies
- non-targeted analysis
- biomonitoring
- exposome
- risk assessment
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