Determination of Trace Heavy Metals and Metalloids in Environmental and Food Samples, 3rd Edition
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Analytical Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 4096
Special Issue Editors
Interests: analytical chemistry; electroanalytical chemistry; polarography and voltammetry; inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry; unmanned aerial vehicles for atmospheric analysis; chemometrics; environmental analytical chemistry; trace heavy metals; atmospheric aerosol; seawater; snow; ice
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Interests: analytical chemistry; gas chromatography–mass spectrometry; high-performance liquid chromatography; atomic absorption spectroscopy; environmental analytical chemistry; food chemistry; heavy metals in marine organisms and insects; trace heavy metals in natural waters; chemical composition of food; multivariate statistical analysis applied to environmental and food data
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Interests: analytical chemistry; voltammetry for environmental analysis; atomic absorption spectroscopy; gas chromatography–mass spectrometry; inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry; environmental monitoring; heavy metals and organic contaminants in marine organisms; trace elements in seawater and marine sediments; heavy metals in insects; mineral water; river water
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Interests: analytical and environmental chemistry; voltammetry and in-situ voltammetry; atomic absorption spectroscopy; inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry; unmanned aerial vehicles for atmospheric analysis; atmospheric depositions; chemical composition of atmospheric aerosol; metal speciation in seawater; environmental chemometrics
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Interests: heavy metals and trace elements; snow and ice core analysis; ultrasensitive analytical techniques
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Following the success of the first two Special Issues of the international journal Molecules dedicated to this topic, “Determination of Trace Heavy Metals and Metalloids in Environmental Samples” and “Determination of Trace Heavy Metals and Metalloids in Environmental and Food Samples II”, which included 18 and 11 high-quality articles, respectively, from colleagues all around the world in collaboration with the editors of the journal, we have decided to publish a third Special Issue. It will cover the same general topics as the previous editions, with a broad scope, to provide an overview of current trends in the use of analytical methods to determine trace heavy metal(loid)s in environmental matrices and foods and their applications in real case studies.
Today, the importance of the determination of trace heavy metals and metalloids in environmental matrices and food is greater than ever. This is due to the high influence of climate change on the biogeochemical cycles, transport, distribution, and speciation of these persistent substances and thus on their impacts on ecosystems, organisms, and food. Moreover, concerning food, as traditional livestock farming is now held partly responsible for global warming (given the greenhouse gases emitted) and will no longer be sustainable in the future, many people are changing their eating habits and looking for alternative protein sources. Hence, there is an interest in novel foods, such as microalgae, insects, and soy-based meat products. To develop these products, however, a careful determination of chemical composition and a risk assessment are necessary, including searching for heavy metals(loid)s, which, through the food chain, could reach humans.
Contributions in the form of original research or review articles are expected to include fundamental studies on how to perform specific analytical procedures, as well as real-world multidisciplinary investigations, an overview of current trends in relation to new analytical methods and instrumental techniques, and new sample treatments to determine heavy metal(loid)s in environmental matrices, foods, and novel foods.
We believe that this Special Issue will present challenging scientific approaches and address recent and emerging issues, as well as proposing visions for the future, in the monitoring of the environment, foods, and novel foods through the detection of trace heavy metal(loid)s.
Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Scarponi
Dr. Cristina Truzzi
Dr. Anna Annibaldi
Dr. Silvia Illuminati
Prof. Dr. Claude F. Boutron
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental analytical chemistry
- food analytical methods
- trace heavy metals and metalloids
- chemical speciation
- instrumental analysis
- new analytical methods and techniques
- sample pre-treatment
- extreme environments
- reviews
- emerging environmental issues
- emerging food issues
- food and “novel foods”
- insects
- climate change and biogeochemical cycles of trace heavy metal(loid)s
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