About this Research Topic
One Health is a comprehensive and interdisciplinary concept that emphasizes the close connections and mutual influences among human health, animal health, and environmental health. From the perspective of One Health, new pollutants such as antibiotic-resistant genes, microplastics, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), and endocrine disruptors have become global environmental issues due to their persistence, bioaccumulation, and toxic effects in the environment. The ocean, serving as the ultimate sink for these new pollutants, are particularly vulnerable to the effects of these pollutants. These pollutants not only affect marine ecosystems but can also accumulate within marine organisms, leading to biomagnification up the food chain. For example, microplastics, POPs, and endocrine disruptors affect the physiological functions of marine organisms, subsequently impacting the safety of seafood consumption by humans. This biomagnification can eventually transfer to humans through the food chain, causing acute and chronic poisoning, cancer, reproductive and developmental disorders. In addition, the spread of antibiotic-resistant genes in the marine environment exacerbates the challenge of antimicrobial resistance. Therefore, conducting systematic research on the impacts of new contaminants on the health of the marine environment from a One Health perspective is an important task currently faced by the scientific community.
Starting from a One Health perspective and crossing disciplinary boundaries, knowledge from multiple fields such as environmental science, medicine, and biology is integrated. This integration aims to more comprehensively understand the behavior and transmission pathways of new pollutants in the marine environment, as well as how they affect the health of humans and animals through food chains, environmental exposure, and other routes. The goal is to promote effective prevention, control, and management strategies to protect the health of the environment, humans, and animals, collectively addressing the challenges posed by new pollutants.
This research topic calls for original and novel papers related but not limited to the following sub-topics:
• Transport, Transformation, Fate, and Ecological Impact of New Pollutants in the Marine Environment
• Bioaccumulation Effects of New Pollutants in Marine Organisms and Their Transmission Mechanisms in the Food Chain
• Toxic Effects and Mechanisms of New Pollutants on Humans and Marine Animals at Individual, Cellular, and Molecular Levels
• Screening for Biomarkers and Health Indicators of New Pollutants for Early Warning and Health Risk Assessment
• Investigating Technologies and Policies for Reducing Emissions and Controlling Marine Environmental Pollution by New Pollutants.
Starting from a One Health perspective and crossing disciplinary boundaries, knowledge from multiple fields such as environmental science, medicine, and biology is integrated. This integration aims to more comprehensively understand the behavior and transmission pathways of new pollutants in the marine environment, as well as how they affect the health of humans and animals through food chains, environmental exposure, and other routes. The goal is to promote effective prevention, control, and management strategies to protect the health of the environment, humans, and animals, collectively addressing the challenges posed by new pollutants.
This research topic calls for original and novel papers related but not limited to the following sub-topics:
• Transport, Transformation, Fate, and Ecological Impact of New Pollutants in the Marine Environment
• Bioaccumulation Effects of New Pollutants in Marine Organisms and Their Transmission Mechanisms in the Food Chain
• Toxic Effects and Mechanisms of New Pollutants on Humans and Marine Animals at Individual, Cellular, and Molecular Levels
• Screening for Biomarkers and Health Indicators of New Pollutants for Early Warning and Health Risk Assessment
• Investigating Technologies and Policies for Reducing Emissions and Controlling Marine Environmental Pollution by New Pollutants.
Keywords: One health, Emerging contaminants, Health risks, Toxic effects, Marine ecosystems
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