Techniques and Methods for Toxic Agent Analysis and Removal
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 599
Special Issue Editors
Interests: chemical engineering; pollution; rare earth; heavy metals; metal recovery; applied chemistry; chemical analyses; materials; adsorption; drinking water quality; waste water expertise
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: civil engineering; water treatment; waste water expertise; antimicrobial activity; material characteristics; biomaterials; scanning electron microscopy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Inorganic and organic compounds are an essential part of our daily life. However, the careless use of chemicals can be dangerous, generating toxic agents that have a negative impact on health and the environment.
An increasing number of toxic agents (heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, pesticides, xenobiotics) provided by industrial activities, waste storage, agricultural activities and traffic from large urban centres cause air pollution or enter into the aquatic environment and are absorbed into aquatic organisms. In recent years, the interest and attention of the scientific community for the development of improved analytical methods and techniques for the analysis and removal of pollutants have increased.
At the same time, a major concern of the current scientific community is the monitoring of traces of these pollutants, including organic, inorganic, radioactive, and biomolecules. Consequently, innovative methods for the determination of trace amounts of heavy metals, anions, and organic compounds are needed, including methods that do not generate toxic by-products or poisonous residues.
An important role in human health and toxicology studies is the balance between environmental pollutants and antioxidant defences in biological systems. Therefore, the toxic effect of pollutants can be assessed under stressful environmental conditions, especially due to the oxidative damage induced by different classes of chemical pollutants.
Based on these considerations, this Special Issue aims to attract high-level research in the field of removing toxic agents from water, air, soil, with the aim of protecting the environment and human health.
Prof. Dr. Petru Negrea
Guest Editor
Dr. Nicoleta Sorina Nemeş
Guest Editor Assistant
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- toxic agents
- human health
- environmental protection
- heavy metals
- polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
- pesticides
- xenobiotics
