Emerging contaminants, or contaminants of emerging concern, are synthetic and natural compounds newly identified in the environment, and mainly include pharmaceuticals, personal care products, micro/nano plastics, antibiotics, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, persistent organic pollutants, disinfection by-products, and pesticides. They may cause adverse effects on ecological or human health even at environmentally relevant concentrations. Emerging contaminants and/or their transformation products represent a global environmental issue due to their potential ecological and human toxicity.
Emerging contaminants are ultimately discharged into wastewater, sediment and soil, and their fate, transformation and phytotoxicity remain unclear. Advanced analytical techniques should be developed to ensure the detection of emerging contaminants at ultralow concentrations. It is meaningful to understand the fate and transformation of emerging contaminants to better assess their environmental and human health risks in sediment and soil.
This Research Topic will therefore include the following specific topics:
• Analytical techniques of emerging contaminants
• Fate, distribution and transformation of emerging contaminants in the environment, particularly soil
• Uptake, translocation and metabolism in plants and wildlife, particularly those investigated with stable isotope and radioactively labeled techniques
• Phytotoxicity studies associated with the emerging contaminants
Emerging contaminants, or contaminants of emerging concern, are synthetic and natural compounds newly identified in the environment, and mainly include pharmaceuticals, personal care products, micro/nano plastics, antibiotics, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, persistent organic pollutants, disinfection by-products, and pesticides. They may cause adverse effects on ecological or human health even at environmentally relevant concentrations. Emerging contaminants and/or their transformation products represent a global environmental issue due to their potential ecological and human toxicity.
Emerging contaminants are ultimately discharged into wastewater, sediment and soil, and their fate, transformation and phytotoxicity remain unclear. Advanced analytical techniques should be developed to ensure the detection of emerging contaminants at ultralow concentrations. It is meaningful to understand the fate and transformation of emerging contaminants to better assess their environmental and human health risks in sediment and soil.
This Research Topic will therefore include the following specific topics:
• Analytical techniques of emerging contaminants
• Fate, distribution and transformation of emerging contaminants in the environment, particularly soil
• Uptake, translocation and metabolism in plants and wildlife, particularly those investigated with stable isotope and radioactively labeled techniques
• Phytotoxicity studies associated with the emerging contaminants