Special Issue "Advances in Environmental Chemistry"

Guest Editor
Dr. Carlos Alves
Centre of Geological Research, Management and Valorisation of Resources (CIG-R), School of Sciences, Campus de Gualtar, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
E-Mail: casaix@dct.uminho.pt
Phone: +351253604300
Fax: +351253678206
Interests: environmental geochemistry and mineralogy; natural stone durability; petrographic features and stone decay; salt weathering; porous media; weathering processes in the built environment; effects of pollutants on stone decay; stone decay as markers of pollution effects; conservation strategies for stone architectural heritage

Dear Colleagues,

Environmental chemistry is a fundamental tool for the understanding of diverse issues relevant to human health and resources preservation (natural and human-made).

Typical subjects that will be of interest to this special issue "Advances in Environmental Chemistry" include, but are not limited to, the study of pollutants regarding:

• Origin (both anthropogenic and natural sources as well as the study of chemical signatures);
• Migration (particles, fluids and gases, including radon), transformation and fixation (sinks);
• Effects (on living things, on materials and on the planet as a whole);
• Environmental risk assessment (definition of environmental hazards and evaluation of probability, extension and spatial distribution of impacts);
• Monitoring (namely the use of elements of the natural and built environments as long term passive samplers);
• Preventive/intervention strategies and procedures to avoid, minimize or remediate the negative effects of pollutants (from geoengineering to nanotechnologies).

Naturally occurring substances could also have beneficial health effects and studies on this matter based on chemical characteristics will be considered of the utmost importance.

Papers with new groundbreaking findings in Environmental Chemistry as well as review papers with critical synthesis of recent advances on the subject will all be welcome for this special number.

Dr. Carlos Alves
Guest Editor

Submission

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are refereed through a peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed Open Access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1400 CHF (Swiss Francs).

• natural and anthropogenic pollutants
• chemical signatures of pollution sources
• biogeochemical cycles
• natural radioactivity
• ecotoxicology
• climate change
• environmental hazards
• risk assessment
• medical geochemistry
• passive samplers
• mitigation and remediation procedures
• geoengineering
• nanotechnology
• beneficial health effects of natural substances