Proceedings of the second international conference on emerging contaminants in water and environment

Emerging contaminants (EC) or contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) are a class of chemicals or microorganisms which are not commonly monitored and are not part of any regulations in environment and water management sector. The major class of EC includes pharmaceuticals and personal care products, fire retardants, pesticides, plasticizers, surfactants, disinfection byproducts, microplastics, antibiotic-resistant bacteria and/or genes etc., These contaminants pose a serious threat to health and environment and are in constant rise which makes it a priority area to be focused without delay. EC in the water sector are of prime concern in the view that the EC intoxicate various ecosystems from groundwater to marine. The concept of occurrence of cocontaminants in the same habitat augments the ecosystem imbalance and health impact. Having very keen eyesight on these ecological threats, the global management of EC needs novel analytical, molecular and modelling techniques to quantify, monitor, mitigate and assess its impact on environmental health. This conference address issues relevant to EC. Papers relevant to INIS are indexed separately