Special Issue "Advances in the Analysis of Contaminants of Emerging Concern to Assess Their Environmental Fate and Effects"
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Risk Assessment and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2021.
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Chemistry, University of Girona (UdG), 17003 Girona, Spain
Interests: environmental analytical chemistry; emerging contaminants; health and environmental risk assessment
Interests: environmental analytical chemistry; emerging contaminants; environmental risk assessment; water quality
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A wide variety of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), such as pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), antibiotics, pesticides, biocides, nanomaterials, micro- and nanoplastics, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, flame retardants and metals are being continuously released into the environment. The scientific community working in the field of CECs is well aware of the crucial need for developing novel analytical methods that allow us to track their emission sources, identify novel and unknown compounds, and determine their fate and adverse effects on the environment and, ultimately, human health. Highly sensitive, selective, accurate, multi-residue, fast, cost-effective and green are the characteristics that novel analytical methods must possess to be capable of not only monitoring known CECs, but also identifying novel compounds and key toxicants present as complex mixtures in the different environmental compartments.
We are pleased to invite you to contribute with your research to the Special Issue entitled “Advances in the Analysis of Contaminants of Emerging Concern to Assess Their Environmental Fate and Effects” aimed at enlightening the scientific community about the most recent advances in analytical chemical and bioanalytical techniques for the identification, quantification and assessment of the potential risks of CECs in the environment. Original research articles and reviews are welcome. The research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: new sample preparation procedures, techniques enabling qualitative or quantitative target and non-target analysis, suspect screening, and the combination of chemical and bioanalytical tools, as in effect-directed analysis, for the analysis of CECs in different environmental matrices such as water, sediments, soil, air and biota.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Victoria Osorio Torrens
Dr. Meritxell Gros
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Toxics is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- novel analytical methods
- contaminants of emerging concern
- analytical chemistry
- bioanalysis
- environmental assessment
- fate of CECs
- toxic effects