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Study on Biological Treatment Technology for Waste Management

edited by

Wangwang Yan

and Xiaodong Xin

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open

Keywords: Biological treatment; Waste management; Resource recovery; Process optimization; Bioremediation; Microbial ecology

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

Understanding Contaminant Bioaccumulation and Toxicokinetics: A One Health Perspective

edited by

Diogo N. Cardoso

and

Ana Rita R. Silva

submission deadline 10 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioaccumulation; toxicokinetics; emerging contaminants; terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems; trophic transfer; food safety; edible organisms; human exposure; regulatory limits; environmental health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecotoxicology)

Environmental Transport and Transformation of Pollutants

edited by

Xiaoxia Lu

submission deadline 12 Sep 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9860 | Submission Open

Keywords: pollutants; transport; transformation; effects; environmental processes

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

Nano-Toxicity: Exploring the Ecotoxicological Impacts of Nanoparticles and Combined Exposures

edited by

Juan Wang

submission deadline 18 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 264 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecotoxicology; environmental toxicology; biological effects; nanoparticles; microplastics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecotoxicology)

Exposure to Chemicals and Health Effects in Occupational and Everyday Settings

edited by

Lidia Caporossi

and

Daniela Pigini

submission deadline 19 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1407 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemicals; workplaces; workers; exposure; toxicity; methods; daily life

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

Hazard Assessment of per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Sub-Stances (PFAS)

edited by

Tracey L. Woodlief

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open

Keywords: per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances; PFAS; environmental impact; health effects; risk assessment methodologies; toxicological studies; environmental monitoring; hazard assessment; risk assessment; hazard assessment; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Cadmium Pollution and Occupational Exposure

edited by Yasushi Suwazono

submission deadline 26 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2245 | Submission Open

Keywords: cadmium; environmental exposure; general population; occupational medicine; renal effect; mortality

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

Classical Environmental Process Modeling, Interpretable Machine Learning, and Their Integrative Innovations—Targeting Atmospheric, Water, and Soil

edited by

and

submission deadline 26 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental models; environmental simulation; environmental management; machine learning; deep learning; source apportionment; atmosphere; soil; water

The Toxicity of Heavy Metals and Chemical Pollutants in Agricultural Soil and Plants: Ecological Risks and Remediation

edited by

Peipei Song

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7003 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metals; chemical pollutants; ecological risks; remediation; soil and plants; soil microorganisms; migration and transformation

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

Antibiotics and Resistance Genes in Environment

edited by

Fengxia Yang

and Shimei Zheng

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1753 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotics; antibiotic resistance genes; environmental fate; human health; ecosystem impact; risk assessment; mitigation strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress from Environmental and Occupational Exposure: Implications for Health Risk Assessment

edited by

Ata Rafiee

, Peter Sly and Mohammad Hoseini

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 592 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomarkers; human biomonitoring; health risk assessment; oxidative stress

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

Computational Toxicology: Exposure and Assessment

edited by

Alla P. Toropova

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 285 | Submission Open

Keywords: toxicology; mutagenicity; carcinogenicity; chronic toxicity; eco-toxicity; QSPR/QSAR; validation; risk assessment; new approach methodologies; artificial intelligence; Monte Carlo method; SMILES and quasi-SMILES; read across; mathematical toxicology; exposure

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

Advancements in Photocatalytic Oxidation for the Effective Removal of Toxic Contaminants in Water and Wastewater

edited by

Zhongliao Wang

and

Zhen Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open

Keywords: photocatalytic oxidation; toxic contaminants; water treatment; advanced oxidation processes; environmental remediation; reactive oxygen species; degradation mechanisms

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

PFAS Toxicology and Metabolism—2nd Edition

edited by

Denise MacMillan

William S. Baldwin

and

Subham Dasgupta

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: PFAS; toxicity; metabolism; toxicokinetics; adverse outcomes; omics; biotransformation; biomonitoring; new approach methodologies (NAMs); non-targeted analysis (NTA)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Drug Metabolism and Toxicological Mechanisms—2nd Edition

edited by Qi Wang,

Youbo Zhang

and

An Zhu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: drug metabolism; toxicity; mechanism; preclinical study; clinical trial

One Health, Many Risks: Ecotoxicology in the Age of Emerging Pollutants

edited by

Andrzej R. Reindl

, Maciej Tankiewicz and

Ewa Olkowska

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: One Health approach; ecotoxicology; environmental toxicology; hazardous organic pollutants; medical drugs in the environment; endocrine disruptors; chronic exposure pathways; genotoxicity markers; rare earth elements toxicity; VOC exposure in occupational settings

Health Effects of Air Pollution on Children and Adolescents

edited by Jing Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution; health effects; PM2.5; ozone; nitrogen oxides; children; adolescents

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

Effects of Exposure to Emerging Environmental Pollutants on Human Health

edited by Biban Gill,

Amith Maroli

, Kelsi Perttula and Lauren Petrick

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: persistent organic pollutants (POPs); emerging pollutants; environmental exposure; human Health epidemiology; omics; risk assessment; molecular epidemiology

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

Application of In Vitro Toxicity Evaluation Models for Environmental Pollutants

edited by Leslimar Rios-Colon and Suzanne Compton Fitzpatrick

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: in vitro techniques; environmental contaminants; new approach methodologies (NAMSs); per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs); microplastics; pesticides; endocrine-disrupting chemicals; complex in vitro models

Ecotoxicological Effects of Anthropogenic Contaminants in Aquatic Organisms

edited by

Chiara Maria Motta

Rosa Carotenuto

and

Chiara Fogliano

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging pollutants; health assessment; aquatic ecosystems; behavioural alterations; histological alterations; gene expression; aquatic vertebrates and invertebrates; reproductive toxicology; interferences with metabolism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecotoxicology)

Application of Emerging Technologies in Air Pollution Monitoring and Epidemiology

edited by Zhiyuan Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution monitoring; emerging technologies; environmental epidemiology; sensor networks; health data analytics; machine learning

Effects of Acute Exposure to Toxicants on Oxidative Stress in Aquatic Organisms, 2nd Edition

edited by

Luís Félix

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open

Keywords: toxicology; oxidative stress; antioxidant; biomarkers; reactive oxygen species; oxidative damage; redox homeostasis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecotoxicology)

Novel Remediation Strategies for Soil Pollution

edited by Jiaqi Shi and Tingting Fan

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2984 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil remediation; advanced oxidative process; soil risk assessment; bioremediation; combined remediation of soil and groundwater; development of innovative remediation material

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecotoxicology)

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

edited by

Douglas Brugge

and Shir Ginzburg

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

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

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

Hazardous Effects of Pesticides on Human Health—2nd Edition

edited by

Balázs Ádám

Lode Godderis

and

Radu-Corneliu Duca

submission deadline 17 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1435 | Submission Open

Keywords: pesticide; product formulation; chronic low-level exposure; comparative toxicological assessment; human health effect; genotoxicity; carcinogenicity; teratogenicity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agrochemicals and Food Toxicology)

Soil Heavy Metal Pollution and Human Health

edited by

Ping Xiang

and Chengchen Wang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 953 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metals; human health; food safety; monitoring techniques; pretreatment methods; contaminant control approaches

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

Emerging Methodologies in Toxicology for Environmental Safety Assessment

edited by

Melissa Faria

Juliette Bedrossiantz

and

Miguel Oliveira

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: toxicology; chemical safety; emerging contaminants; integrated approaches; predictive modeling; new methodology approaches; high-throughput screening; adverse-outcome pathways; risk assessment; One Health

Ecological Remediation of Heavy Metal-Polluted Environment

edited by Ruyi Yang,

Yongjie Wang

and Meng Zhu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal pollution; ecological remediation; emerging techniques; rhizosphere microecological processes; remediation efficiency optimization; ecosystem health assessment post-remediation; remediation policies and standards

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

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

edited by

Laura Narciso

and Carla Raggi

submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

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

Genotoxicity of Environmental Pollutants: From Mechanistic Insights to Risk Assessment

edited by

Antonio Cascajosa-Lira

and

Remedios Guzmán-Guillén

submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 20 | Submission Open

Keywords: mutagenicity; carcinogenicity; Ames; DNA damage; risk assessment; environmental pollutants; micronucleus

Transformation Process and Toxic Effects of Pollutants in Agricultural Environment

edited by

Changbo Zhang

, Liang Peng and Weijie Xue

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4859 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal pollution; emerging contaminants; contamination remediation; contaminated farmland; ecotoxicological aspects of the agro-environment; microplastics; toxicity

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

Prenatal Chemical Exposure and Child Health Outcomes

edited by

Maria José Rosa

, Cecilia Alcala and Jamil Lane

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2191 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemical exposure; children’ s health; birth outcomes; environmental mixtures; prenatal exposure

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

Exploring Toxicity, Metabolism, and Transformation of Organic Pollutants

edited by

Jianteng Sun

and

Xiaolong Yu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2130 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging organic pollutants; soil pollution; migration and biotransformation; environmental occurrence; metabolism; bioaccumulation; transformation products

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

Characteristics, Sources, Occurrence and Toxicological Mechanisms of Environmental Pollutants in Aquatic Systems

edited by Desheng Pei and Panpan Jia

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 823 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic systems; environmental pollutants; neurodevelopmental and developmental toxicity; animal models; exposure and detection methods; human health; molecular mechanisms

Pharmaceutical Pollutants: Environmental Fate, Risk Assessment and Sustainable Solutions

edited by Guixiang Zhang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 297 | Submission Open

Keywords: pharmaceuticals; antibiotic resistance genes; soil; water; sediments; environmental fate; risk assessment; sustainable solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Pollutants in Soil and Groundwater, Effects and Strategies for Comprehensive Risk Assessment

edited by

Zhongkang Yang

, Wenhan Cheng, Zhuding Chu and

Ruijuan Qu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 224 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil and groundwater pollution; risk assessment; ecological and human health impacts; remediation strategies; emerging pollutants; environmental monitoring

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

Biomonitoring of Toxic Elements and Emerging Pollutants

edited by

Miguel Motas Guzmán

, Pedro Andreo-Martínez and Juan Jose Ramos

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental health risks; bioaccumulation; biomonitoring; ecotoxicity; emerging contaminants; one health; biological effect monitoring; laboratory tests and validation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Microplastics in Atmospheric, Aquatic, and Soil Ecosystems: Occurrence, Impacts, and Innovations in Detection and Mitigation

edited by Jheng-Jie Jiang and Tetsuro Agusa

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 147 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics; nanoplastics; atmospheric microplastics; aquatic ecosystems; soil microplastics; analytical techniques; ecotoxicology; human health; remediation strategies; policy implications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Emerging Techniques in Monitoring and Mitigating Health Risks of Potentially Toxic Elements (PTEs) in the Environment

edited by

Xiongyi Miao

Shi Yu

and

Zhongkang Yang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open

Keywords: potentially toxic elements; smart remediation technologies; risk assessment and mitigation; biogeochemical cycles; biomarkers of exposure; bioavailability and toxicity mechanisms; environmental monitoring

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

Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Pollutants—2nd Edition

edited by Guang Jia and

Zhangjian Chen

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: toxic effects; toxic mechanism; biomarkers; multi-omics techniques; nanotoxicity; heavy metals

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

Advances in Monitoring, Transformation and Ecological Risk Assessment of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Aquatic Environments

edited by Haohan Yang and

Jun Wu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: PPCPs; natural organic materials; micro/nanoplastics; bioavailability; ecological risk assessment; biological effects; transfromation and metabolic pathways

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Assessing Contaminants in Food: Dietary Exposure, Human Health Risks, and Emerging Challenges

edited by

Virgínia Cruz Fernandes

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental exposure; toxic chemicals; emerging pollutants; micro(nano)plastics; analytical methods; biomonitoring; health risks; human health; One Health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Effects and Mechanism of Endocrine Disruption and Reproductive Abnormality of Emerging Pollutant

edited by Liping Lu, Yu Han,

Shixuan Cui

and

Tingjie Zhan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental toxicology; endocrine disruption; molecular mechanism; emerging pollutants; nuclear receptor; computational toxicology

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

Oxidative Degradation and Toxicity of Environmental Pollutants

edited by

Jianfei Sun

and

Bo Wei

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: oxidative degradation; toxicity; environmental pollutants; volatile organic compounds; reaction mechanisms; kinetics; advanced oxidation process

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Nanomaterials Adsorption and Removal of Pollutants and Environmental Remediation

edited by Yinqing Zhang and

Jingzhen Wang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 57 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; pollutant adsorption; pollutant removal; environmental remediation; toxicity reduction

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

Environmental Contaminants and Human Health—2nd Edition

edited by Lin Xu, Penghui Li and Xingchen Zhao

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 53 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental contaminants; exposure; health effects; risk estimation; toxicological effect; food chain; microplastics; emerging pollutants; nanotoxicology

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

Human Exposure and Computational Modeling of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

edited by

Deepika Deepika

and

Vikas Kumar

submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open

Keywords: human biomonitoring; computational modeling; OMICS analysis; risk assessment; mechanism of action; adverse outcome pathways; human health predictive modeling machine learning new approach methodology

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

Toxicity and Safety Assessment of Exposure to Heavy Metals

edited by

Cristina Carvalho

and

Michael Aschner

submission deadline 14 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: human exposure to metals; environmental contamination; metals’ biogeochemistry; food metal contaminants; toxic effects of metals; metals’ mechanisms of toxicity; risk assessment; biomarkers; metallodrugs; metal ion chelators

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

Toxicity Assessment and Safety Management of Nanomaterials

edited by

Guotao Peng

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1071 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanotoxicology; engineered nanomaterials; micro- and nanoplastics; nano– bio interactions; biotransformation; structure– activity relationship; health risks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Contaminants)

Plant Responses to Heavy Metal

edited by Yanqun Zu

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 277 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metals; plant; soil pollution; phytoremediation; mechanism; regulation and control

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