Current Status and Thinking of Environmental Health Research on Persistent Toxic Pollutants

Authors

XU Ming, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
KAN Haidong, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
SANG Nan, College of Environment and Resource, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
LIU Sijin, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China

Keywords

persistent toxic substances; health effect; frontier scientific issue; planning proposal

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Environmental pollution always threatens the public health of our country, and the incidence of diseases closely related to environmental pollution has continued to rise in recent years. With the rapid urbanization and industrialization, the pollutions of persistent toxic substances (PTS) in air, water, and soil constitute a major hidden danger, which are urgent to be investigated for ecological safety and environmental health risks. In order to solve realistic environmental issues, the potential health hazards of PTS desire to be uncovered through interdisciplinary research. In this article, we review the background and development history of environmental health research on PTS, as well as the current status and recent trend in this field. We also discuss the main scientific issues and challenges in this aspect, and elaborate policy recommendations for the development of environmental health research on PTS.

First page

1337

Last Page

1343

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Recommended Citation

Ming, XU; Haidong, KAN; Nan, SANG; and Sijin, LIU (2020) "Current Status and Thinking of Environmental Health Research on Persistent Toxic Pollutants," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 35 : Iss. 11 , Article 4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.16418/j.issn.1000-3045.20200929001
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol35/iss11/4