Main description:

This book mainly focuses on advances made over the past 10 years regarding the exposure, metabolism, transformation, toxicity, molecular mechanism and biomarkers for emerging chemicals in humans.

A hot topic in the field of environmental health, the term "emerging chemicals" refers to a class of compounds that are frequently encountered and potentially harmful to the natural environment and human health. They are also the preferred target substances for future environmental control measures.

The list of emerging chemicals includes pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs), endocrine disruptor chemicals (EDC), persistent organic pollutants (POPs), and nanomaterials. However, the environmental and health hazard characteristics of many emerging chemicals remain unclear. The aim of this book is to stimulate further research in new directions by providing novel and provocative insights into the exposure assessment of and potential mechanisms regarding emerging chemicals in humans. It also offers a state-of-the-art report on recent discoveries concerning emerging chemicals and where the field is headed.

Contents:

Introduction.- Emerging chemicals of concern.- Environmental exposure of emerging chemicals and their effects on human health.- Air pollutants: exposure, effects on cardiopulmonary and metabolic disease, and regulation.- Plasticizers' exposure and reproductive& developmental health: phthalates and BPA.- Exposure assessment of UV filter and its effect on humans.- Heavy metals' exposure and children health.- Pesticides: environmental exposure, toxicity and mechanism.- Flame retardants: exposure, biomarkers and health risks.- Perfluorinated compounds' exposure and health effects in humans.- Environmental antibiotics: monitoring and health-based risk assessment.- Advances in nano-material and micro-plastics' research.