Editorial: New methods and approaches in toxicology of emerging environmental contaminants
Martin Ezechiáš, Michal Šíma, Jaroslav Semerád · 2026
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Martin Ezechiáš, Michal Šíma, and Jaroslav Semerád open, in a 2026 editorial, a research collection on new ways to judge the harm of emerging environmental contaminants. The flood of new chemicals, drug residues, hormone disruptors, and plastic particles has outrun classic one-chemical animal testing. Real life adds low doses over years and mixtures that interact.
Thirteen contributions make up the collection, spanning lab studies, reviews, and short reports. Several use human cell systems to trace how pollutants such as PFAS disturb immunity, replacing guesswork with mechanism. Others lean on gene-wide profiling, computer models, machine learning, and effect-based water monitoring. The editors describe a field moving from describing damage toward predicting it in human-relevant, realistic settings. They frame these new approach methods as partners to, not yet replacements for, traditional toxicology.
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| CREATOR | Martin Ezechiáš, Michal Šíma, Jaroslav Semerád |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 9 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |