From Traditional to Emerging Air Pollutants: Tools and Health Risk Assessment
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Quality and Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2026) | Viewed by 4740
Special Issue Editors
Interests: emerging pollutants; air pollutants; risk assessment; environmental monitoring; innovative analytical methods
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2. Division of Rome, Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, c/o Ministry of Environment and Energy Security, 00147 Rome, Italy
Interests: food chemistry; analytical and environmental chemistry; contaminants; microplastics; phthalates
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Air quality is a highly relevant topic for the global scientific community. Numerous studies have been published in recent years, but, due to the significant impact of air pollutants on both the environment and living organisms, even at trace and ultra-trace concentrations, there is a strong need for in-depth investigations aimed at developing innovative tools and approaches. For traditional air pollutants, while the implementation of innovative tools has been proposed, the lack of harmonization in methodologies remains a significant challenge, hindering the comparability of the results. The absence of validation for the most innovative approaches, from sampling to chemical analysis, impedes the ability to legislatively define the suitability of methods for detecting trace and ultra-trace contaminants. This validation is crucial for standardizing the results obtained from different approaches across various geographical regions. Meanwhile, for emerging air pollutants, the variability in approaches further complicates the comparison of levels and the accurate assessment of exposure risks to living organisms.
This Special Issue invites contributions describing both traditional and innovative approaches for detecting gaseous and airborne pollutants, including an in-depth comparison with widely used methods, emphasizing their strengths and weaknesses and how they can be standardized to support regulatory and legislative frameworks. Of significant interest are also contributions focusing on the validation of approaches and tools for emerging air contaminants.
Dr. Cristina Di Fiore
Prof. Dr. Pasquale Avino
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- air pollution
- air quality
- risk assessment
- analytical approach
- emerging air pollutants
- aerosol
- gaseous pollutants
- remote sensing
- sensors
- human health
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