Recent Advances in Plant and Microbial Technique for Emerging Contaminants Removal

Dear Colleagues,

Emerging contaminants is term used by water quality and professional to identify any natural or synthetic chemical or microorganism with possibly notable or suspected harmful ecological and human health effects that are not specifically regulated or monitored in the environment. The term ‘emerging’ does not strictly express the contaminants that are newly added into the environment; instead, the awareness and concern towards their bad impacts are emerging in international communities.

The main component of emerging contaminants include pesticide, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, pharmaceuticals, personal care products, flame retardants, and industrial additives. These contaminants are disposing continuously and ubiquitous in the environment causing negative impact to the people for their potency to affect reproduction, promote cancer, endocrine disruption, immune dysfunction, antibiotic resistance and nervous system disorder in humans and aquatic and wildlife which in some cases lead to chronic toxicity even in subtle quantities.

This special issue will be intended for academia, environmental managers and process engineers. Some subject matter is covered in survey or overview form, whereas others are treated in more depth. In both cases, important references are noted where detailed information can be obtained. The overall objective of this special issue is not simply to provide a general reference, but to serve as a resource for developing approaches to remediate emerging contaminants. Moreover, the future challenges and prospects of ECs degradation by means of multiple multifunctional treatments will be outlined accordingly. Knowing this is of immense significance to enhance our understanding of ECs remediation procedures and promote the development of novel multifunctional treatments.

Dr. Tony Hadibarata
Dr. Risky Ayu Kristanti
Guest Editors

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