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Assessment of Pollutant Contamination within the One Health Approach

A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Exposome Analysis and Risk Assessment".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 August 2024) | Viewed by 4263

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Salvatore Barreca

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Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Interests: analytical chemistry; environmental chemistry; LC-MS/MS; emerging pollutants; water contamination
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Dr. Dario Savoca

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1. Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
2. National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), Piazza Marina 61, 90133 Palermo, Italy
Interests: environmental pollution; persisten organic pollutants; endocrine active substances; emerging pollutant; trace elements; contaminant fate and exposure effects; bioaccumulation; biodistribution; environmental toxicology; environmental monitoring; bioremediation; extraction and analysis of pollutants; risk assessment
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

For decades, pollution problems have drawn the attention of the scientific and social community.

Recently, we have witnessed a centrality of environmental protection by considering the One Health aspect and, in this context, health prevention through environmental monitoring plays an important role.

In detail, it was highlighted how, due to their toxicity, the presence of emerging and classic pollutants in indoor and outdoor environments plays a central role in establishing human exposure levels to these toxic compounds.

This Special Issue, entitled “Assessment of Pollutant Contamination within the One Health Approach”, will showcase scientific studies regarding the monitoring of several pollutants in indoor and outdoor matrices in order to disseminate information concerning toxic effects by human exposure to these substances.

This Special Issue represents one of the first contributions dedicated to the One Health approach.

Dr. Salvatore Barreca
Dr. Dario Savoca
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • environmental pollutants
  • one health approach
  • emerging pollutants
  • risk assessment
  • pollutant toxicities

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Biological Monitoring of Glyphosate Exposure among Knapsack Sprayers in Khon Kaen, Thailand
by Sunisa Chaiklieng, Kodchakorn Uengchuen, Netsirin Gissawong, Supalax Srijaranai and Herman Autrup
Toxics 2024, 12(5), 337; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics12050337 - 6 May 2024
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Sprayers’ exposure to glyphosate was analyzed through detection of its biomarker in spot urine biological monitoring, and the health risk was assessed using the biomatrix model. Urine samples were collected from 15 sprayers after spraying, and the glyphosate concentration was determined by using [...] Read more.
Sprayers’ exposure to glyphosate was analyzed through detection of its biomarker in spot urine biological monitoring, and the health risk was assessed using the biomatrix model. Urine samples were collected from 15 sprayers after spraying, and the glyphosate concentration was determined by using the DLLME-HPLC method with a UV detector. The calibration curve for glyphosate was linear in the range of 0.4–100 µg/L, while the limits of detection and quantification were 0.1 µg/L and 0.4 µg/L, respectively. The human health risk was estimated using the hazard quotient (HQ) and the biomatrix of risk assessment. The internal dose ranged from 0.0001 to 0.0021 mg/kg b.w./day. The non-cancer HQ showed no potential health risk concerns (HQ < 1). The biomatrix of health risk assessment, based on urinary glyphosate concentration, exhibited a strong correlation with the health risk matrix model. This correlation was determined by considering the likelihood of exposure, calculated from the quantity of glyphosate used and the usage of personal protective equipment (r = 0.854, p < 0.001). Although low risk was observed in sprayers, proper PPE use and the application of more knowledge are required. The simplified health risk assessment can be used for easy self-assessment of risk in preventive action regarding health risk awareness among sprayers. Full article
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Determination of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) in the Indoor Dust Matter of the Sicily (Italy) Area: Analysis and Exposure Evaluations
by Salvatore Barreca, Michele Marco Mizio Mancuso, Daniel Sacristán, Andrea Pace, Dario Savoca and Santino Orecchio
Toxics 2024, 12(1), 28; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics12010028 - 28 Dec 2023
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Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in environmental matrices is increasingly being studied due to its environmental persistence, global occurrence, bioaccumulation, and associated human health risks. Some indoor environments can significantly impact the health of occupants due to pollutants in indoor air and household dust. To [...] Read more.
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in environmental matrices is increasingly being studied due to its environmental persistence, global occurrence, bioaccumulation, and associated human health risks. Some indoor environments can significantly impact the health of occupants due to pollutants in indoor air and household dust. To investigate the potential exposure of individuals to PFOA in specific confined environments, this study reports an analytical method and results concerning the determination of PFOA in household dust, used as a passive sampler. To the best of our knowledge, this paper represents one of the first studies concerning PFOA concentrations in indoor dust collected in the south of Italy, within the European region. A total of twenty-three dust samples were collected from two different areas of Sicily (Palermo and Milena), extracted, and analyzed by an UHPLC-QTOF-MS/MS system. Finally, PFOA exposure was estimated using a new index (Indoor PFOA Exposure Index, IPEX) that incorporates the PFOA levels in dust, exposure time, and the correlation between the PFOA in dust and blood. It was then compared across four different exposure groups, revealing that PFOA exposure for people working in chemistry laboratories was evaluated to be ten times higher than the exposure for homemakers. Full article
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