Heavy Metal Toxicity: Environmental and Human Health Risk Assessment: Volume II
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2024 | Viewed by 211
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Dear Colleagues,
Heavy metal toxicity has proven to be a major threat to human health, and there are several health risks associated with it.
In fact, although metals occur naturally in the ecosystem, anthropogenic sources (i.e., pollution) contribute to their introduction in the environment. Toxic metals generally interfere with a number of physiological processes, including central nervous system (CNS), hematopoietic, hepatic, and renal functions. This results in the development of numerous human disorders. Metal toxicity depends on several factors, including dose, route of exposure, and chemical species, as well as the age, gender, genetics, and nutritional status of exposed individuals.
Although numerous studies have attempted to elucidate the mechanisms implicated in their toxicity, further studies are still needed in order to improve pharmacological treatments.
This Special Issue on “Heavy Metal Toxicity: Environmental and Human Health Risk Assessment” offers to bring together the most recent research on such developments, with a focus on cellular and molecular alterations caused by exposure to heavy metals.
Prof. Dr. Maria Stefania Sinicropi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- heavy metals toxicity
- exposure to heavy metals
- heavy metals and environment
- heavy metals and human health
- detoxification of heavy metals
