Water Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): Structure-Activity Relationships and Impact
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Diversity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2014)
Special Issue Editors
Interests: volatile and phenolic compounds; analytical methodologies; sensory and functional quality of wines and olive oils
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Interests: organic pollutants (OPs) and their metabolites; food safety and human health; pre- and post-natal exposure to OPs; analytical methodologies; metabolomics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Safe drinking water, together with water of environmental quality will be two major challenges in the coming decades. The intention of this Special Issue is to connect the study of the quality of water resources regarding the persistence and transport of POPs and the safety of water in the industry, for the benefit of the general public. The time is ripe to understand POPs’ processes in water, based on quantitative structure–activity relationships’ research, in order to face tough health and environmental impact issues that cross national boundaries. With this in mind, research papers will be organized within the following three sections:
1. Analytical methods for recovery and monitoring of POPs in water
2. Toxicological impact of the different chemical classes of POPs
3. Removal of POPs for water purification
Dr.Beatriz Cancho-Grande
Dr. Elena Martinez-Carballo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- water quality
- environmental fate
- accumulation and biotransformation of POPs
- toxicology
- regulatory issues
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