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Editorial: Recent research advances on heavy metals, microplastics, persistent organic pollutants, and solid waste in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
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This editorial introduces a research collection on recent advances in the study of heavy metals, microplastics, persistent organic pollutants, and solid waste contamination in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. It highlights emerging themes in environmental toxicology and pollution science published in Frontiers in Environmental Science in 2024.
EDITORIAL article Front. Environ. Sci., 13 March 2024Sec. Toxicology, Pollution and the Environment Volume 12 - 2024 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1391614
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