The Need for Chemical Simplification As a Logical Consequence of Ever-Increasing Chemical Pollution

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVViewpointNEXTThe Need for Chemical Simplification As a Logical Consequence of Ever-Increasing Chemical PollutionKathrin Fenner*Kathrin FennerDepartment of Environmental Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), 8600 Dübendorf, SwitzerlandInstitute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, SwitzerlandDepartment of Chemistry, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland*(K.F.) Email: email protectedMore by Kathrin FennerView Biographyhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6068-8220 and Martin Scheringer*Martin ScheringerInstitute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, SwitzerlandRECETOX, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic*(M.S.) Email: email protectedMore by Martin ScheringerView Biographyhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0809-7826Cite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2021, 55, 21, 14470–14472Publication Date (Web):October 12, 2021Publication History Received21 July 2021Published online12 October 2021Published inissue 2 November 2021https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c04903https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c04903article-commentaryACS PublicationsCopyright © 2021 American Chemical Society. This publication is available under these Terms of Use. Request reuse permissions This publication is free to access through this site. Learn MoreArticle Views5779Altmetric-Citations15LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail PDF (2 MB) Get e-AlertscloseSUBJECTS:Agrochemicals,Environmental pollution,Materials,Risk assessment,Testing and assessment Get e-Alerts