Risk Characterization, Assessment, and Management of Water for Environmental/Human Health—2nd Edition
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water and One Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 September 2026 | Viewed by 625
Special Issue Editors
Interests: quantitative microbial risk assessment; microbiological contamination in environments; assessment and methodology; public and human health; bioaerosol; bioaerosol sensor; airborne microorganisms and biological particles; bio-fluorophore particles; laser-induced fluorescence
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Interests: hygiene; public health; infectious diseases; risk assessment; environmental virology; water; aerosol; health literacy; risk communication; occupational health
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Global attention has been gradually drawn to the threat of pollution and its risks to the environment and human health since the 1962 publication of Silent Spring by Rachel Carson.
Presently, water pollution is the largest environmental risk factor for disease and has been responsible for millions of premature deaths per year, according to the report of the Lancet Commission on Water Pollution and Health. Considering the significance of water for human development, water pollution undoubtedly gives rise to unhealthy environments, which have been closely linked to impaired human health.
Moreover, water is recognized as a connector of the three planetary crises (pollution, climate change, and biodiversity loss) and, given how interdependent and closely linked are humans, animals, and ecosystems, its security and safety are essential for sustainable development and the One Health framework.
It is thus increasingly clear that water pollution is a global issue, and that its diverse impacts on the environment and its far-reaching influence on human health transcend the boundaries of the interaction between environmental and other disciplines, demanding the development of a systematical academic response.
Processes for adequate risk characterization and assessment should be established to precisely estimate probabilities regarding the various health effects that result from the exposure of communities to water pollution.
Therefore, more attention should be paid to the rigorous assessment and risk characterization of water in relation to environmental/human health, as these are naturally required to help manage water pollution and prevent pollution-related health risks.
Works addressing these topics are invited as contributions to this Special Issue, which aims to share innovative research on the frameworks of risk characterization and assessment, as well as provide guidance for subsequent research on water pollution management strategies that seek to minimize its impacts on environmental and human health. Findings publilshed in this Special Issue will be of significant interest to the diverse readership of Water.
Dr. Cheng Yan
Prof. Annalaura Carducci
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- water and human development
- water pollution
- risk assessment
- environmental health risks
- human health risks
- hazard identification
- dose–response assessment
- exposure assessment
- risk characterization
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