Chemical and Ecotoxicological Assessment of Elements of Toxicological Concern in Agriculture
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Farming Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2022) | Viewed by 22972
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Agriculture, a critical economic sector around the globe, should rise to the challenge of successfully feeding animals and humans. It should do so while simultaneously combating megalopolis insurgence, harsher climatic conditions, water scarcity, and point or diffuse pollution from traffic, industry, housing and clashing land uses. At the same time, agriculture is now expected to cater to additional needs, such as the smooth transition to energy decarbonization via the cultivation of energy plants. Diminished raw resources as well as new industrial concepts such as waste minimization and circular economy demand the reuse of everything that can be reused. Thus, organic debris, for example, should be returned to the ecosystem, ideally closing the loop between production and consumption. However, one should always bear in mind that this agricultural modernization should not jeopardize human and environmental safety; that recirculation and augmentation of pollutants within an ecosystem should be actively avoided; and that all precautions should be taken in order to circumvent toxicant release, including improved detection and monitoring, isolation and abatement, decontamination, and depuration. Only then can we achieve sustainable, safe, and socially just and acceptable development for all.
As such, this Special Issue will focus on “Chemical and Ecotoxicological Assessment of Elements of Toxicological Concern in Agriculture”. We are open to novel research, reviews, and opinion articles covering all aspects of the aforementioned issues: monitoring and detection of these elements in relevant substrates such as irrigating water, soil, tissues, and plant and animal-based products; physical, chemical, and biological methods of decontamination and depuration of these substrates; hazard and risk assessment, and mitigation and management of the ecotoxicity of these pollutants; their fate and behavior in the environment; their source identification and contribution as well as propositions of viable solutions, policies, and long-term strategies against these threats; and natural and acquired adaptation responses and processes in examined substrates.
Dr. Christina Emmanouil
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Toxic metals
- Ecotoxicity
- Source/diffuse pollution
- Hazard/ risk assessment
- Agricultural products
- Environmental fate and behavior
- Physical, chemical, and biological methods of decontamination
- Policies of mitigation and management
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