Mercury Cycling and Health Effects—2nd Edition
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Metals and Radioactive Substances".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 July 2025 | Viewed by 574
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil science; mercury biogeochemical cycles; spatial distribution of mercury hotspot; mercury and metilmercury in trophic webs; mercury toxic risks; mercury exposure
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Interests: ecotoxicology; heavy metals; mercury and metilmercury; mercury exposure
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Interests: mercury contamination; distribution of mercury in the environment; analytical aspects of mercury in samples of environmental interest; environmental ecotoxicology and human health
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mercury (Hg) is a chemical element that poses significant toxicity risks to biological communities and human health, depending on its concentration. As a primary control pollutant, mercury has been the focus of global initiatives such as the Minamata Convention, which was established to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions of mercury and its compounds.
Human exposure to mercury occurs through various pathways, including occupational exposure in artisanal gold mining, industrial activities, and the burning of fossil fuels. Additionally, dietary sources—particularly fish and seafood with high mercury concentrations—constitute a major route of exposure. Vegetables grown in contaminated soil or irrigated with polluted water also present potential risks.
This Special Issue invites submissions that explore diverse aspects of mercury contamination and its impacts, including but not limited to the following:
- Local and regional factors influencing mercury distribution in the environment.
- The bioaccumulation and biomagnification of mercury in aquatic and terrestrial food chains.
- Risk assessments related to mercury exposure in abiotic compartments (atmosphere, water, sediment, soil) and food sources (fish, seafood, vegetables).
- Mercury exposure in human populations.
- Prenatal and postnatal mercury exposure, including transfer through breastfeeding.
- Urban mercury emissions from roads, industries, and power generation, along with their environmental and public health effects.
- Mercury emissions during forest fires and their implications for public health.
Dr. José Vicente Elias Bernardi
Prof. Dr. Wanderley Rodrigues Bastos
Prof. Dr. Jurandir Rodrigues De Souza
Prof. Dr. Ronaldo Almeida
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mercury exposure
- food web
- methylmercury
- ecotoxicology
- health risk assessment
- environment
- fish
- gestational age
- fetal growth
- pregnancy
- Hg emissions
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