Characteristics, Sources, Occurrence and Toxicological Mechanisms of Environmental Pollutants in Aquatic Systems
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 269
Special Issue Editors
Interests: animal disease model; toxicological effects; sterile model; environmental pollutants; pathogenic molecular mechanism
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will focus on the sources of various pollutants in the water environment, including industrial emissions, agricultural pollution, and domestic sewage. To study the distribution, migration, and transformation processes of pollutants in water bodies and their potential effects on environmental and human health, hazard risk assessments include an analysis of emerging contaminants such as endocrine disruptors, heavy metals, antibiotics, perfluorinated compounds, microplastics, etc.
The existing literature shows that researchers have developed various analytical techniques to identify and measure pollutants in the water environment and used various models to assess the toxicity of contaminants. However, it is still a challenge to extrapolate laboratory results to ecological risk assessments in complex natural systems.
Thus, this Special Issue will cover the latest research on aquatic toxicology, including toxicity tests for pollutants, the development and application of biomarkers, and chronic and acute toxic effects after exposure to pollutants. Advances in environmental monitoring will include detection technologies for emerging pollutants, standardization and automation of environmental DNA monitoring technologies, and how these assessment methods and monitoring technologies can be applied to practical water environment management and protection strategies.
Prof. Dr. Desheng Pei
Dr. Panpan Jia
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aquatic systems
- environmental pollutants
- neurodevelopmental and developmental toxicity
- animal models
- exposure and detection methods
- human health
- molecular mechanisms
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