Occurrence, Fate and Toxicity of Personal Care Products and Pharmaceuticals in Estuaries and Coastal Areas
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Ecotoxicology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2022) | Viewed by 3805
Special Issue Editor
Interests: ecotoxicology; bioaccumulation; neonicotinoids; pharmaceuticals; personal care products; birds; toxicity testing with marine invertebrates
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The increasing evidence of the occurrence of emerging pollutants such as fragrance materials, insect repellents, UV filters, human and veterinary pharmaceuticals, and antibiotics in estuaries and coastal areas is a rising concern in the scientific community. Despite their widespread use and the growing evidence of their worldwide occurrence in surface waters, the knowledge of many of these pollutants' environmental fate and their toxic effects on brackish and marine species is still poor. In many cases, exposure and toxicity data are available only for a restricted number of compounds and most of the data concerns freshwater model organisms. Exposure and effects on estuarine and marine species were wholly overlooked, notwithstanding coastal areas and oceans being the final repository for most of the discharged personal care products and pharmaceuticals.
This Special Issue of Toxics aims to gather studies allowing the improvement of our overall knowledge on the following topics:
- Occurrence and fate of personal care products and pharmaceuticals in estuaries and coastal environments;
- Bioaccumulation of personal care products and pharmaceuticals in aquatic vertebrate and invertebrates;
- Toxicity of personal care products and pharmaceuticals toward marine and estuarine species, including bacteria, algae, invertebrates and vertebrates, emphasising sub-lethal effects. Studies concerning biomarkers and in vivo and/or in vitro toxicity tests are welcome.
I encourage scientists to contribute with original research papers, reviews and short communications dealing with the above-mentioned topics.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Marco Picone
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- personal care products
- UV filters
- fragrance materials
- human pharmaceuticals
- veterinary pharmaceuticals
- toxicity testing
- bioaccumulation
- biomarker
