Environmental Exposure to Toxic Chemicals and Human Health
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 (20 December 2022) | Viewed by 42855
Special Issue Editors
Interests: analytical chemistry; chromatography; contaminants: pesticides; flame retardants, PCBs; environmental, food and human samples; monitoring and biomonitoring
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Interests: basic, clinical and population studies; diet and environmental exposure to toxic chemicals; endocrine disruptors; human biomonitoring; human health; obesity and metabolic-related pathologies; risk–benefit analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Human and industrial activities generate various forms of residual wastes and by-products in a solid, liquid or gaseous state. Waste generation starts with simple processes such as living, eating and breathing. Managing waste and minimizing associated environmental impacts have become more challenging as worldwide populations and economies continue to grow. Once these hazardous chemicals are present in the environment, people can become exposed to them. Human health can be influenced by many factors, including exposure to physical, chemical, biological, and radiological contaminants in the environment.
This Special Issue will comprise research articles, short communications and reviews related to all the aspects related to the environmental exposure to multiple toxic chemicals and human health. Manuscripts dedicated to toxicology, biomonitoring, exposure and risk assessment and new analytical approaches in human matrices are welcome. Furthermore, other aspects such as endocrine disruptors, determinants of exposure and effect, as well as contaminated sites and occupational exposure will also be embraced.
As such, with this Special Issue, we intend to collect a broad overview of the environmental exposure to several toxic chemicals (e.g., heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants, micro(nano)plastics, plastic-related chemicals) and human health.
Main Goals:
Evaluate the extent to which people are exposed to contaminants in the air, water, soil, sediments and through food ingestion; how these exposures affect human health; and what levels of exposure are harmful.
Prof. Dr. Virgínia Cruz Fernandes
Prof. Dr. Diogo Pestana
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental exposure
- toxic chemicals
- emerging pollutants
- micro(nano)plastics
- analytical methods
- biomonitoring
- human health
- risk assessment
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