Emerging Contaminants

Emerging Contaminants is an outlet for world-leading research addressing problems associated with environmental contamination caused by emerging contaminants and their solutions. Emerging contaminants are defined as chemicals that are not currently (or have been only recently) regulated and about which there exist concerns regarding their impact on human or ecological health. Examples of emerging contaminants include disinfection by-products, pharmaceutical and personal care products, persistent organic chemicals, and mercury etc. as well as their degradation products. We encourage papers addressing science that facilitates greater understanding of the nature, extent, and impacts of the presence of emerging contaminants in the environment; technology that exploits original principles to reduce and control their environmental presence; as well as the development, implementation and efficacy of national and international policies to protect human health and the environment from emerging contaminants.

Emerging Contaminants 是世界领先研究的一个渠道，解决与新兴污染物及其解决方案引起的环境污染相关的问题。新兴污染物被定义为目前（或最近才受到监管）且人们担心其对人类或生态健康影响的化学品。新出现的污染物的例子包括消毒副产品、药品和个人护理产品、持久性有机化学品、汞等及其降解产物。 期刊鼓励发表有关科学的论文，以促进更好地了解环境中新兴污染物的性质、程度和影响；利用原始原理来减少和控制其环境存在的技术；以及保护人类健康和环境免受新兴污染物影响的国家和国际政策的制定、实施和有效性。