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Emissions, Environmental Behavior, Pollution Distribution, Modeling, and Risk Assessment of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Emerging Contaminants".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 612

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Ye Huang

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Guest Editor
School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
Interests: air pollution; POPs; emission inventory; environmental modeling; health risk assessment

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are a class of chemicals that have raised significant concern due to their environmental persistence, bioaccumulative properties, and potential toxic effects on human health and ecosystems. The emissions of POPs, their environmental behavior, pollution distribution, modeling, and risk assessment are critical areas of research that inform the development of effective strategies for their management and control. Human activities, such as industrial processes, waste incineration, and the use of certain pesticides, have contributed to the release of POPs into the environment. The complex interactions between POPs and environmental matrices require a multidisciplinary approach to understand and mitigate their impacts.

This Special Issue will bring together cutting-edge research that addresses the emissions, environmental behavior, pollution distribution, modeling, and risk assessment of POPs. We invite authors to submit original research papers, comprehensive reviews, and concise short communications that contribute to the understanding of POPs in the environment. 

Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:

  1. Sources and pathways of POP emissions;
  2. Fate and transport of POPs in various environmental compartments;
  3. Spatial and temporal distribution patterns of POPs in the environment;
  4. Advanced modeling techniques for predicting the behavior and impact of POPs;
  5. Health and ecological risk assessment methodologies for POP exposure;
  6. Strategies for the reduction and remediation of POP pollution.

Prof. Dr. Ye Huang
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
  • emission inventory
  • environmental behavior
  • pollution distribution
  • risk assessment
  • modeling techniques
  • remediation strategies

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Microplastics as an Emerging Potential Threat: Toxicity, Life Cycle Assessment, and Management
by Sameh S. Ali, Mohammed Hussein M. Alsharbaty, Rania Al-Tohamy, Maha A. Khalil, Michael Schagerl, Majid Al-Zahrani and Jianzhong Sun
Toxics 2024, 12(12), 909; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics12120909 - 14 Dec 2024
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The pervasiveness of microplastics (MPs) in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems has become a significant environmental concern in recent years. Because of their slow rate of disposal, MPs are ubiquitous in the environment. As a consequence of indiscriminate use, landfill deposits, and inadequate recycling [...] Read more.
The pervasiveness of microplastics (MPs) in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems has become a significant environmental concern in recent years. Because of their slow rate of disposal, MPs are ubiquitous in the environment. As a consequence of indiscriminate use, landfill deposits, and inadequate recycling methods, MP production and environmental accumulation are expanding at an alarming rate, resulting in a range of economic, social, and environmental repercussions. Aquatic organisms, including fish and various crustaceans, consume MPs, which are ultimately consumed by humans at the tertiary level of the food chain. Blocking the digestive tracts, disrupting digestive behavior, and ultimately reducing the reproductive growth of entire living organisms are all consequences of this phenomenon. In order to assess the potential environmental impacts and the resources required for the life of a plastic product, the importance of life cycle assessment (LCA) and circularity is underscored. MPs-related ecosystem degradation has not yet been adequately incorporated into LCA, a tool for evaluating the environmental performance of product and technology life cycles. It is a technique that is designed to quantify the environmental effects of a product from its inception to its demise, and it is frequently employed in the context of plastics. The control of MPs is necessary due to the growing concern that MPs pose as a newly emergent potential threat. This is due to the consequences of their use. This paper provides a critical analysis of the formation, distribution, and methods used for detecting MPs. The effects of MPs on ecosystems and human health are also discussed, which posed a great challenge to conduct an LCA related to MPs. The socio-economic impacts of MPs and their management are also discussed. This paper paves the way for understanding the ecotoxicological impacts of the emerging MP threat and their associated issues to LCA and limits the environmental impact of plastic. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emissions, Environmental Behavior, Pollution Distribution, Modeling, and Risk Assessment of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs))
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