Emerging Issues in Metals Toxicology

Dear Colleagues,

Metals (such as aluminum, chromium, copper, zinc), metalloids (such as arsenic), and metal alloys (a combination of metal elements) have been used in a wide range of industrial, commercial, medical, and consumer product applications. Additionally, concerns about exposures to toxic metals from natural geochemical sources such as soils, dust, and contaminated water have been the subject of numerous environmental, geochemical, and medical geology investigations, and many studies have been published describing the acute and/or chronic effects of high-level exposures to these types of agents and potential organ injury (e.g., cancer). Some of these studies have even raised concerns over the association of elevated metal ion levels with neurological and immune system events. Therefore, understanding the biological responses, toxicology, and environmental impact of metal ion exposure is of paramount importance in developing a comprehensive public health agenda.

This Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) focuses on the current state of the art on emerging issues on metals toxicology. Original manuscripts and review articles are welcome, covering, but not limited to the following areas:

• Biological responses and health effects from exposure to trace metals and metalloids
• Novel analytical approaches for the analysis, speciation, and assessment of trace metals
• Risk management, risk communication, and risk mitigation on toxic metal exposure
• Epidemiology, occupational medicine, and forensic toxicology of metals
• Novel clinical therapies and toxicological research on biomarkers of exposure
• Biosurveillance and biomonitoring studies
• Hydrogeology, water quality, and metals
• Medical geology and metals
• Nanotechnology and metals
• Use of metals in medical devices
• Bacterial-metal interactions
• Geochemistry and environmental management of metals

Original research on these topics will be welcome for this Special Issue.

Dr. Jose A. Centeno
Dr. Jacques Gardon
Guest Editors

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