This process is typically limited in areas affected by environmental toxicants. Harmful effects of such chemical and biological agents as toxicants from pollutants insecticides, pesticides, and fertilizers can affect an organism and its community by reducing its species diversity and abundance.
Rachel Carson is considered the mother of environmental toxicology, as she made it a distinct field within toxicology in 1962 with the publication of her book , which covered the effects of uncontrolled pesticide use.
Toxics. 2020 Jun; 8 (2): 37. Biomarkers of environmental toxicants are measures of exposures and effects, some of which can serve to assess disease risk and interindividual susceptibilities. Metabolites, protein, and DNA adducts also serve to elucidate mechanisms of bioactivation and detoxication of reactive toxicant intermediates.
Human exposure to environmental pollutants may cause adverse effects such asneurotoxicity, carcinogenicity, infertility, and metabolic disorders. We welcome original research articles, reviews, and opinion pieces related to the proposed focus area. * Median value for all MDPI journals in the second half of 2022.