The Risk of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) and Microplastics in Water Bodies
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Quality and Contamination".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 558
Special Issue Editors
Interests: emerging contaminants; microplastics; exposome; chemical biology; bioeffect; human health
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) and microplastics are ubiquitous emerging environmental contaminants. The presence of these contaminants in different water bodies has increased concerns regarding their adverse effects to wildlife and humans. The aquatic environmental risk posed by PPCPs and microplastics is evaluated in light of the fate, persistence, bioaccumulation, degradation, and toxicity effect. The pollution is so intense that life has become threatened. For instance, more than 145 PPCPs (such as caffeine, diphenhydramine, carbamazepine, ibuprofen, and triclosan) were detected at high concentrations in Eurasian perch fish. More seriously, microplastics can be a carrier of contaminants, which can increase adverse effects against wildlife and humans. PPCPs and microplastics are a great dangerous cocktail in water bodies.
This Special Issue’s potential topics include but are not limited to:
- Pharmaceuticals and personal care products, microplastics, other emerging contaminants;
- New methods and systems of analysis and detection;
- Fate, toxicity, and other bioeffects;
- Remediation, elimination, and mitigation;
- Waste management;
- Aquatic environmental pollution and prevention;
- Health effects.
Dr. Han Qu
Dr. Jiajun Han
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs)
- microplastics
- aquatic environment
- fate and behavior
- persistence
