Challenges in Environmental and Occupational Monitoring: New Methods, New Chemicals, New Concerns for Safety and Health
A special issue of Environments (ISSN 2076-3298).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 April 2026 | Viewed by 369
Special Issue Editors
Interests: endocrine disrupters; occupational exposure to chemicals; reprotoxicity
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Interests: biological monitoring; biomarkers; occupational exposure; occupational and environmental health; oxidative stress
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Interests: occupational and environmental health; professional exposure to chemical agents as pollutants in various workplaces (as hazardous medical products and chemical substances in hospitals and in the veterinary sector, determination of polycyclic-aromatic hydrocarbons-PAHs emitted by granules or mulches used as infill material in synthetic turf pitches etc.)
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce this Special Issue entitled “Challenges in Environmental and Occupational Monitoring: New Methods, New Chemicals, New Concerns for Safety and Health”.
Exposure to chemicals, in daily and working settings, represents an issue of great importance for the protection of health and safety of workers as well as of the general population. New substances are increasingly being included in production cycles, and this requires new analytical methods capable of measuring their concentration levels and therefore the potential exposure of people. Knowing the new substances present in the market, in the workplace and in the environment, being able to quantitatively measure their presence in different matrices and characterizing the exposure for human beings are essential elements for subsequently evaluating the risks to human health.
The aims of the issue are as follows: (1) highlight the new analytical methods carried out to measure the concentrations levels of chemical contaminants both in environmental matrix and in biological fluids, to assess the exposure levels and the subsequent possible health risks; (2) identify new health effects linked to exposure to chemical agents, through the description of experimental investigations in vivo or in vitro or epidemiological investigations; (3) understand and identify the risks associated with the introduction of new substances into production cycles, both in terms of risks for workers and consumers.
Dr. Lidia Caporossi
Dr. Daniela Pigini
Dr. Paola Castellano
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- chemical exposure
- health risks
- occupational exposure
- contamination
- analytical methods
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