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The prestigious journal  Environmental Pollution  is currently running a special issue entitled "  Emerging and Toxic Inorganic Water Pollutants ". As we are acting as guest editors for this issue, we would like to welcome contributions from various disciplines. We kindly invite you to consider submitting your full paper to this special issue. Availability of safe drinking water is a global challenge. Industrialization and anthropogenic activities are the main sources for emerging pollutants detected in drinking water sources. Fate and transport studies suggest close relationship between undesired environmental and health issues with emerging pollutants. Effective treatment and management of these contaminants is an urgent need. This special issue will provide on hot research topics related to environmental pollution including: advances and challenges in different countries regarding the use of treatment methods for emerging and toxic inorganic pollutants removal, monitoring

Interactions of emerging contaminants on micro(nano) plastics derived from both petrochemical and biodegradable plastics represents a serious threat to ecosystems and human health. Those emerging pollutants include metalloids (As & Sb), heavy metals (Zn, Cd, Hg, Cr, etc.), radioactive elements (radium & uranium), pharmaceuticals, personal care products and pesticides. To date, limited research can be found on generation of secondary micro(nano)plastics from disintegration of plastic objects under environmental conditions and their interactions with hazardous contaminants. Thus, it is crucial to understand mechanisms of physical and chemical interactions between secondary micro(nano) plastics and pollutants in different environmental and biological systems. Such interactions can adversely affect soil microbial structure, nutrient cycles, crop plant growth, food chains, aquatic creatures, and fish farming while directly influencing on global food production, drinking water qualit