Toxics

Feature Papers in Environmental Epidemiology—2nd Edition

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 351 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental epidemiology; environmental exposure; health effects; air pollution; emerging contaminants; vulnerable populations; methodological innovations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Toxicology and Epidemiology)

Pharmaceuticals in Aquatic Environments: Occurrence, Fate, Ecotoxicological Effects and Risk Assessment

edited by

Marcelo Pedrosa Pedrosa Gomes

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 263 | Submission Open

Keywords: pharmaceuticals; emerging contaminants; aquatic environments; environmental monitoring; wastewater treatment plants; ecotoxicology; environmental risk assessment; transformation products; pharmaceutical mixtures; antimicrobial resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Toxicant-Induced Lung Injury: Mechanisms, Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets

edited by

Irfan Rahman

and

Narasaiah Kolliputi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution; inhalation toxicology; environmental exposure; oxidative stress; precision medicine; inflammation; biomarkers; multi-omics; COPD; lung injury; ARDS; IPF; TRPV4

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Pollution and Health)

Detection of Air Pollutants—2nd Edition

edited by Zhiyuan Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution; atmospheric chemistry; stationary reference instruments; smart low-cost sensors; remote sensing of air pollution; laboratory experimental studies; LiDAR system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Pollution and Health)

Insect Responses to Environmental Stressors

edited by

Yao Tan

and Jiale Yang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: insect response; environmental stressors; insect adaptability; insecticide resistance; cold hardiness; chemicals; pesticides; ecotoxicology; drugs toxicity; neurotoxicity; RNAi; RNA-based biological pesticides

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecotoxicology)

Aerosol Toxicity in a Changing World: Sources, Atmospheric Transformations, Health Impacts, and Mitigation

edited by Judith C. Chow, Kin Fai Ho,

Jianjun Li

, Xinyi Niu and

Siwatt Pongpiachan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosol toxicity; particulate matter; oxidative potential; ultrafine particles; atmospheric aging; bioaerosols; exposure assessment; computational toxicology; health risk assessment; mitigation strategies

Exposure Level and Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals

edited by

Lin Zhang

and

Li Ma

submission deadline 1 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2395 | Submission Open

Keywords: lead exposure; exposure level detection; bone lead mobilization; risk assessment; toxic mechanisms; prevention strategies; intergenerational effects; vulnerable populations; dose–response relationships

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metals and Radioactive Substances)

Interventions, Practices, and Policies to Reduce Particulate Matter Air Pollution Exposure and Health Outcomes

edited by

Douglas Brugge

and Shir Ginzburg

submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8493 | Submission Open

Keywords: exposure reduction; health outcomes; interventions; particulate matter; randomized trials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Pollution and Health)

Association Between Environmental Pollutants Exposures and Chronic Disease

edited by

Fei Wang

submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3192 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental pollutant and exposure effects; chronic diseases; epidemiological effects; induced health effects; public health; toxic effects; biological mechanism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Toxicology and Epidemiology)

Environmental and Reproductive Epidemiology: Focus on Air Pollution and Associated Contaminants

edited by Junling Wang,

Yankai Xia

,

Bin Luo

and Haitao Ma

submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3088 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution; heavy metals; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; environmental exposure; repro-ductive epidemiology; particulate matter; endocrine-disrupting chemicals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity)

Human Exposure Toxicology and Health Risks of Environmental Rare Earth Elements

edited by Lihua Huang and

Daochuan Li

submission deadline 25 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open

Keywords: rare earth elements; toxicity; occupational exposure; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Hazardous Pollutants in Marine Ecosystems

edited by

Maria Luisa Vannuccini

and

Inmaculada Varó

submission deadline 29 Jan 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7639 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecotoxicology; nanomaterials; bioaccumulation; biotransformation; biomonitoring; POPs; PAHs

Air Pollutants: Sources, Characteristics, Environmental Impacts and Human Health Risks

edited by

Xiaotong Jiang

and Yinxiao Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2933 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution; source apportionment; air quality; PM2.5; atmospheric chemistry; biomass burning; data-driven analysis; toxicology; human health effects; environmental impacts; ozone

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Pollution and Health)

Atmospheric Aerosols and Human Health

edited by

Choong-Min Kang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2064 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric aerosols; source apportionment; radioactivity; health effect; mitigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Pollution and Health)

Potentially Toxic Elements Pollution in Urban and Suburban Environments, 3rd Edition

edited by

Ilaria Guagliardi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 388 | Submission Open

Keywords: potentially toxic elements (PTEs); environmental geochemistry; soil, sediment, water, air pollution; geogenic and anthropogenic pollutant input; bioavailability; PTE mapping; spatial data analysis

Safety Assessment of Toxic Substances in Food Contact Materials

edited by Emma Di Consiglio

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 376 | Submission Open

Keywords: toxicology; next-generation risk assessment; new approach methodologies (NAM); human health; food contact materials; environmental contaminants; toxicokinetics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Exposome Analysis and Risk Assessment)

The Carcinogenicity and Toxicology of Chemical Mixtures Using New Approach Methodologies

edited by Yansen Bai and Hao Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open

Keywords: toxicology; epidemiology; omics; carcinogenicity; chemical mixtures; multi-exposure analysis method; epigenetics; hormesis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Novel Methods in Toxicology Research)

Health Risk Assessment of Exposure to Emerging Contaminants—2nd Edition

edited by Suzhen Cao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: health risk assessment; emerging contaminants; microplastics; endocrine disruptors; persistent organic pollutant; antibiotics; exposure pathways; exposure scenarios; exposure factors; toxicity mechanisms; epidemiological research; toxicological studies; risk mitigation strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Toxicology and Epidemiology)

Endocrine Disruptors and Persistent Organic Pollutants: Their Impact on the Environment and Human Health

edited by Euripides G. Stephanou and

Antonis Myridakis

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4838 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomonitoring of EDCs and POPs; Prenatal exposure to mixtures of endocrine-disrupting chemicals and respiratory health in children; exposure to POPs and emotional and behavioral outcomes from early childhood to adolescence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Exposome Analysis and Risk Assessment)

Adsorption and Photocatalysis of Organic Pollutants: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by Yufeng Jiang

submission deadline 5 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2661 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; adsorption; photocatalysis; soil and water; environmental remediation; degradation pathways; eco-toxicity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation)

Exposure to Environmental Pollution and Mucosa Disease

edited by

Dong-Chang Lee

submission deadline 5 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution; respiratory disorders; rhinitis; pneumonia; asthma; particulate matter; microplastics; gastrointestinal diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Toxicology and Epidemiology)

Environmental Behaviors and Health Risks of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes

edited by Yuxuan Zhang and Jianhua Wang

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 278 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental behavior; spatiotemporal distribution; migration and transformation; combined pollution; horizontal gene transfer; ecological and health-risk assessment; environmental standard; advanced removal technology; emerging pollutant control; One Health governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Radioactive Contamination and Its Impact on the Environment

edited by

Alexei Konoplev

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3734 | Submission Open

Keywords: radionuclides; speciation; transformation; environment; transport

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metals and Radioactive Substances)

Persistent Organic Pollutants from a One Health Perspective

edited by

Ana María Molina

,

Elena Baralla

and

Valeria Pasciu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 206 | Submission Open

Keywords: persistent organic pollutants (POPs); organochlorine pesticides (OCPs); polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); bioaccumulation and biomagnification; One Health perspective

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Risk of Micro- and Nanoplastics: Bioaccumulation, Safety and Public Health

edited by

Muting Yan

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open

Keywords: micro- and nanoplastics; food safety; agricultural products; bioaccumulation; trophic transfer; human health risk; emerging contaminants

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Sustainable Soil Amendments for the Immobilization of Potentially Toxic Elements

edited by

Valentina Pidlisnyuk

,

Karim Suhail Al Souki

and Aritz Burges

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1968 | Submission Open

Keywords: potentially toxic element contamination; soil remediation; soil amendments; PTE immobilization; bioavailability; environmental risk assessment; waste-derived amendments; long-term stability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation)

Ecotoxicity of Environmental Pollutants on Fish Development

edited by

Daniel Clemente Vieira Rego da Silva

and Caio Cesar Achiles do Prado

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1062 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; ecotoxicity; fish early life stages; embryonic and larval development; genotoxicity; oxidative stress; behavioral ecotoxicology; morphological malformations; ecologically relevant species; environmental risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecotoxicology)

Advanced Hybrid and Electrochemical Techniques for Emerging Water Pollutants

edited by

Artur J. Motheo

and

Michel Zampieri Fidelis

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 462 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemical oxidation (EO); contaminants of emerging concern (CECs); nanomaterials; water treatment; nanostructured electrodes; nanotechnology; environmental toxicology; wastewater remediation; metal–organic frameworks (MOFs); hybrid catalysts; electrochemical oxidation (EO)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation)

New Approach Methodologies in Environmental Risk Assessment of Chemical Contaminants

edited by

Carlos Barata

submission deadline 26 Feb 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5708 | Submission Open

Keywords: approaches for pollution assessment; ecotoxicology; ecological effects; new approach methodologies; chemical toxicity; chemical contaminants; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecotoxicology)

Heavy Metals and Pesticide Residue Remediation in Farmland

edited by Ying Huang

submission deadline 26 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4094 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal; pesticide residues; photocatalytic degradation; pollution evaluation; rice; combined pollution; phytoremediation; source, transfer, and accumulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation)

Biological Effects and Mechanisms of Radiation-Induced Injury

edited by Małgorzata Maria Dobrzyńska and

Ninoslav Djelić

submission deadline 26 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1808 | Submission Open

Keywords: public health; DNA damage; germ and somatic cells; direct and indirect damage; ionizing and no-ionizing radiation; mutations; cancers; cellular response; organ sensitivity; radioisotopes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metals and Radioactive Substances)

Emerging Contaminants in Soil–Plant Systems: Source, Transformation, Effects, and Mitigation Strategy

edited by

Zhihua Qiao

and

Fayuan Wang

submission deadline 26 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 352 | Submission Open

Keywords: plants; toxicity; risk assessment; translocation and transformation; metabolism; rhizospheric microorganism; soil

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Artificial Intelligence-Driven Analysis of Atmospheric Pollution and Its Health Effects

edited by Xinlei Ge and

Yuanlong Huang

submission deadline 26 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open

Keywords: PM2.5; ozone; aerosol; air pollutants; machine learning; health effects; toxicity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Pollution and Health)

Typical and Emerging Contaminants in the Environment: Occurrence, Transport, Ecotoxicity and Remediation

edited by

Peipei Song

submission deadline 26 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: typical pollutants; emerging contaminants; environmental fate and transport; ecotoxicity; remediation; machine learning; advanced oxidation processes; environmental functional materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Biomonitoring and Exposure Assessment in Vulnerable Populations: From Source to Health Outcome

edited by Jianwen She, Joy Xiaosong Jiang and Dinesh Adhikari

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6670 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomonitoring; source identification; emerging contaminants; exposure and effect biomarkers; vulnerable communities; health outcome

(This special issue belongs to the Section Exposome Analysis and Risk Assessment)

Health Risk Assessment for Food Contaminants: Exposure and Human Toxicology

edited by

Yu-Syuan Luo

and

Nan-Hung Hsieh

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5315 | Submission Open

Keywords: food contaminants; health risk assessment; exposure modeling; toxicology; new approach methodologies (NAMs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Exposome Analysis and Risk Assessment)

Pregnancy and Lactation Period Exposure to Environmental Toxicants and the Effects on Maternal and Child Health

edited by

Lin Zhang

, C. Vyvyan Howard and

Ju Wang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1810 | Submission Open

Keywords: pregnancy and lactation period exposure; environmental toxicants; maternal and child health; biomarkers; molecular mechanism; advanced methodologies; multi-omics techniques; network toxicology; computational modeling; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity)

Toxicological Effects of Natural Products Derived from Plants or Animals Used in Therapeutical Treatments

edited by

Laura Narciso

and Carla Raggi

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1785 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural products; plant; animal; therapeutic effect; toxicological evaluation; cytotoxicity; genotoxicity; reproductive toxicity

Emerging New Aquatic Models and AI Technology for Toxicity Studies

edited by

Chung-Der Hsiao

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 878 | Submission Open

Keywords: development, validation, and standardization of emerging aquatic models; AI-assisted toxicity assessment and automated phenotyping; comparative sensitivity studies; mechanistic toxicology and systems biology; environmental and industrial applications; integration with New Approach Methodologies (NAMs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Novel Methods in Toxicology Research)

Research on the Environmental Process Mechanism and Toxicological Effects of Emerging Pollutants

edited by

Zhongmin Li

and

Zhiquan Liu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 596 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; endocrine-disrupting compounds; PFAS; micro- and nanoplastics; pharmaceuticals and personal care products; environmental occurrence; environmental fate; exposure assessment; biotransformation; biomarkers; toxicity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Emerging Contaminants: From Environmental Fate and Ecotoxicology to Bioaccumulation

edited by

Rui Zhang

, Yuwei Xie and Pu Xia

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 516 | Submission Open

Keywords: persistent organic pollutants; emerging contaminants; environmental behavior; mechanistic toxicology; ecotoxicology; environmental monitoring and biomonitoring; environmental risk assessment; human risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Effect-Based Evaluation of Emerging Contaminants and Their By-Products in the Aquatic Environment

edited by

Elke Dopp

, Tim aus der Beek and Jochen Tuerk

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 479 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioassays; effect-based methods; water quality; water contaminants; human health; emerging contaminants; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Hazards and Toxicity Mechanisms of Mycotoxins, Heavy Metals, and Emerging Contaminants in Farm Animals

edited by Daowen Li and

Shusheng Tang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metals; nanoparticle; mycotoxins; molecular mechanism of toxicity; risk assessment; oxidative stress; toxicology; neurotoxicity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Exposome Analysis and Risk Assessment)

Advances in the Analytical Chemistry of Emerging Pollutants in the Environment and Food

edited by Mingjing Sun and

Hui Li

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 186 | Submission Open

Keywords: chromatography; mass spectrometry (MS); target and non-target analyses; illicit drugs; novel psychoactive substances (NPSs); emerging contaminants; pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs); forensic chemistry; environmental toxicology; food safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Heavy Metal-Induced Organ Damage: Mechanistic Insights and Advances in Toxicology

edited by Jingli Liu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 165 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal ; organ damage ; oxidative stress ; inflammation ; multi-omics ; new approach methodologies (NAMs) ; computational toxicology; systems toxicology; metal mixtures; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metals and Radioactive Substances)

Biomass Conversion and Organic Waste Resource Utilization in the Environment

edited by

Tingting Zhu

, Zisheng Zhao and Lihui Yang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass conversion; organic waste resource utilization; anaerobic digestion; carbon/nitrogen transformation; greenhouse gas emission reduction; carbon and nitrogen transformation/migration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation)

Fate and Transport of Heavy Metals in Polluted Soils

edited by Tuo Zhang and Xing Xia

submission deadline 5 Mar 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6406 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metals; soil contamination; fate and transport; soil health; environmental remediation; ecological risk assessment; bioavailability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation)

Anthropogenic Soil Pollution: Analysis and Mitigation

edited by

Sayed M. Hassan

and

Philip Riekenberg

submission deadline 5 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1198 | Submission Open

Keywords: anthropogenic soil pollution; heavy metals; instrumental analysis; soil mitigation; environmental analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation)

Fate and Transport of Contaminants in Sediments

edited by Juan Jiménez Millán

submission deadline 5 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 4 | Submission Open

Keywords: pollutant immobilization; geochemistry; biogeochemical cycles; contamination; remediation; hyporheic exchange; groundwater–surface water exchange; capping

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metals and Radioactive Substances)

Toxic Effects of Emerging Pollutants on Algae

edited by

Eduardo V. Soares

and Manuela Dias Machado

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: mode of action of emerging pollutants; toxicity mechanisms; microalgae ecotoxicology; physiological and molecular responses; omics (transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics); single and mixtures of pollutants; pollutants bioaccumulation; algal biotransformation; environmental risk assessment; freshwater and marine ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

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