Call for Papers: New Pollutants—Challenges and Prospects

The research on new pollutants has attracted tremendous worldwide efforts in the scientific community of environmental chemistry and environmental health sciences and governments due to the emerging concerns and riskiness on human health. A series of environmental pollutants have been reported probably as new pollutants, including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), organophosphate esters (OPEs), phthalate esters (PAEs), short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs), pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs), bisphenol A and alternatives (BPAs), neonicotinoid pesticides, chlorine disinfection byproducts, antibiotics, microplastics, nanomaterials, etc.

Substantial progresses have been made on the understanding of environmental occurrences, exposures and toxicities, as well as on the development of innovative technologies for pollution control and remediation of new pollutants. This Virtual Special Issue from Environment & Health aims to provide a forum encouraging interdisciplinary discussion and information exchange between environmental scientists from different parts of the world. The journal welcomes research articles, review articles, perspectives and viewpoints in, but not limited to, the following topics:

• New principles and methods for analysis of new pollutants
• Identification and nontarget analysis of new pollutants
• Multipath exposure and bioavailability of new pollutants
• Metabolomics and exposomics of new pollutants
• Environmental risk assessment and control strategies of new pollutants
• Epidemiological advances and health impacts of new pollutants

Organizing Editors

Yawei Wang, Ph.D., Guest Editor
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Chunyang Liao, Ph.D., Guest Editor
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Si Wei, Ph.D., Guest Editor
Nanjing University, China

Nobuyoshi Yamashita, Ph.D., Guest Editor
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan

Thanh Wang, Ph.D., Guest Editor
Linköping University, Sweden

Pawel Rostkowski, Ph.D., Guest Editor
The Climate and Environmental Research Institute NILU, Norway

Maoyong Song, Ph.D., Associate Editor, Environment & Health
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Submission Information

Submissions are welcome through August 31, 2024.

If your paper is accepted for inclusion in this Special Issue, your work will be highlighted as a significant contribution to this field. If accepted, publications will go online as soon as possible and be published in the next available issue. Publications on this topic will be gathered into a Virtual Special Issue in 2024 and widely promoted.

All articles will be peer reviewed prior to acceptance, to ensure they fit the scope of the Virtual Special Issue and meet the high scientific publishing standards of Environment & Health. Peer review will be overseen by Professor Maoyong Song as Executive Editor for the journal.

Open Access

Because Environment & Health is a fully open access journal, your paper will be available to anyone, at any time, anywhere in the world. Visit our Open Science Resource Center to learn more about our various open access options available to researchers.

Authors who submit their manuscripts to this Virtual Special Issue may apply for an APC waiver if their paper is accepted after peer review. Appropriate consideration will be given for a waiver providing the paper has already met the scientific and editorial standards required for publication in Environment & Health.

How to Submit

• Log in to the ACS Paragon Plus submission site.
• Choose Environment & Health as your journal.
• Select your manuscript type.
• Under "Special Issue Selection," choose "New Pollutants: Challenges and Prospects."

Please see our Author Guidelines for more information on submission requirements.