Research Trends in the Relationship between Water and Soil Pollution and Human Health
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil and Water".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2024) | Viewed by 2113
Special Issue Editor
Interests: soil fertility; plant nutrition; soil and water management; greenhouse gas emission and mitigation; plant biotechnology; environmental remediation; soil health
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Soil and water are two fundamental elements for producing food for the large global population, and they also provide vital ecological functions for the various ecosystems that exist there. In recent decades, pollution of these two elements has become a growing concern for human health due to its detrimental effects on the human body, which results in numerous difficult and expensive diseases. The elements are mainly polluted through natural causes such as volcanic eruptions, weathering of pollutant-containing rocks, liberation of the sequestered pollution due to soil erosion, and also through anthropogenic sources such as pollutant-containing industrial effluents, mining ores, burning of fossil fuel, application of contaminated fertilizers and pesticides, and so on. Food crops grown in contaminated soil, drinking water, and inhalation of polluted air are the main exposure pathways of pollutants to humans and cause diseases such as carcinogenesis. As a result, research trends should concentrate on the identification, extent, and management of potential pollution sources; determination of possible methods to reduce pollutant exposure to the food chain as well as the human body; purification of contaminated dietary sources; and the development of new technologies for disease treatment.
Prof. Dr. Md. Rafiqul Islam
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- soil and water pollutants
- heavy metal contamination in soil and water
- fertilizer and pesticide pollution
- potential sources and impacts of pollutants
- human exposure and health risk assessment
- remediation options of contaminants
- management strategy of pollutants
- nutrient use efficiency
- soil management
- water management
- water use efficiency
