Toxic and Potentially Toxic Metals and Their Health Risks
A special issue of Environments (ISSN 2076-3298).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2026 | Viewed by 1312
Special Issue Editors
Interests: toxic metals; risk assessment; mercury; seafood; contamination
Interests: fisiologia; aquicultura; produção animal; contaminação; ciência gastronômica; biologia; zoology
Interests: metal; biogeochemistry; aquatic toxicity; uptake; bioavailability; algae; ecotoxicology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Whether terrestrial or aquatic, the environment is frequently the target of sources responsible for contaminating it. Among the contaminants are toxic and potentially toxic metals originating from natural and anthropogenic sources, which can cause harm to the health of the biota and the human population, both directly and indirectly. This Special Issue will include manuscripts that address the presence of these elements in environmental matrices, correlating them with the biota and/or human population, via direct exposure or through consumption, and the health risks. Studies with recent discoveries and trends and studies on metals have not yet been published by the scientific community. However, studies on aspects such as bioaccessibility, speciation, toxicology, bioremediation, rapid detection techniques, and tools applied to risk assessments are encouraged.
Dr. Paloma De Almeida Rodrigues
Prof. Dr. Adriano Oliveira
Prof. Dr. Claude Fortin
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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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 thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Environments is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- toxic metals
- risk assessment
- bioaccessibility
- food
- contamination
- toxicology
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