Special Issue "Exposure and Effects of Environmental Pollution on Vulnerable Populations"

A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Epidemiology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Environmental pollution is a well-known risk factor for human health, causing more than 10 million deaths every year. Although many studies have been carried out on this issue in recent decades, many gaps exist regarding both exposure and effects related to air, water, and food pollution. Further investigation is necessary for vulnerable populations such as children, pregnant women, elderly individuals, and subjects with pre-existing diseases because exposure and effects may be influenced by the susceptibility and vulnerability of populations.

This Special Issue focuses on highlighting research studies addressing new evidence on environmental exposure profile and relevant negative outcomes in specific groups of general population.

In this Special Issue, original research articles, narrative and systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and short communications are welcome. Research areas may include (but not be limited to) the following: real-life or modeled exposures to environmental pollutants of highly susceptible and vulnerable populations (children, pregnant people, elderly individuals, subjects with pre-existing diseases, etc.) and real-life or estimated adverse effects associated with environmental pollution exposure of vulnerable and susceptible populations.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Matteo Vitali
Dr. Carmela Protano
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • environment
  • pollution
  • air
  • water
  • food
  • susceptible population
  • vulnerable population
  • exposure
  • human adverse effects
  • risk assessment

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Ambient Air Pollution and Stillbirths Risk in Sydney, Australia
Toxics 2021, 9(9), 209; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9090209 (registering DOI) - 31 Aug 2021
Abstract
We aimed to determine the associations between ambient air pollution, specifically particulate matter less than or equal to 10 microns and 2.5 microns (PM10 and PM2.5 respectively) and ozone (O3), and stillbirths. We analysed all singleton births between 20–42 [...] Read more.
We aimed to determine the associations between ambient air pollution, specifically particulate matter less than or equal to 10 microns and 2.5 microns (PM10 and PM2.5 respectively) and ozone (O3), and stillbirths. We analysed all singleton births between 20–42 weeks gestation in metropolitan Sydney, Australia, from 1997 to 2012. We implemented logistic regression to assess the associations between air pollutants and stillbirth for each trimester and for the entire pregnancy. Over the study period, there were 967,694 live births and 4287 stillbirths. Mean levels of PM10, PM2.5 and O3 for the entire pregnancy were 17.9 µg/m3, 7.1 µg/m3 and 3.2 ppb, respectively. Adjusted odds ratios were generally greater than unity for associations between PM and stillbirths, but none were statistically significant. There were no significant associations between O3 and stillbirths. There was potential effect modification of the PM10 and O3 association by maternal age. We did not find consistent evidence of associations between PM and O3 and stillbirths in Sydney, Australia. More high quality birth cohort studies are required to clarify associations between air pollution and stillbirths. Full article
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