Advanced Techniques for Detection and Investigation in Heavy Metals Toxicology

Dear Colleagues,

Heavy metals are a persistent and ubiquitous threat to our health, regardless of age, gender, culture, or creed. We are exposed to metals throughout our daily lives, whether it is through our air, food, or water, and they can elicit toxic effects in every organ system of our bodies. Several occupations further exacerbate chronic exposure to heavy metals. With few exceptions, metals cannot be metabolized or degraded into less toxic forms, and can persist in our environment or in our bodies for decades. Critically, metals exposures are linked to every major disease, either contributing to disease etiology or exacerbating disease conditions. Understanding how metals contribute to diseases and co-morbidities, what levels are tolerable, how metal depositions and dynamics inside the body can be measured, and what we can do about metal toxicity are central areas of research in the toxicology of metals.

This Special Issue of Toxics aims to disseminate cutting-edge research that advances the detection and/or investigation of metals toxicology. We welcome original research, new methods or perspectives, and reviews that critically advance our understanding of the toxicology of metals pertaining to human health.

Dr. Ulrike Dydak
Dr. Johnny Wise
Guest Editors

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