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Environmental Toxicology and Hazardous Minerals

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Toxicology and Public Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 5457

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Liliana Rytel

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Department of Internal Disease with Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Interests: environmental pollution; toxicity, toxic effects on living organisms; exposure assessment; endocrine disruptors; hazardous minerals; heavy metals accumulation; radioactivity; health impact

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

At present, the assessment of living organisms’ exposure to environmental pollution and toxic pollutants is a multidisciplinary issue. This Special Issue will concern the impact of environmental pollution, toxins, endocrine disruptors and hazardous minerals on living organisms. 

The development of industry contributed to a significant increase in the levels of the above-mentioned substances in the environment. Endocrine disruptors such as Bisphenol A, which is an extremely common polymer that is used in typical everyday products, tends to leach into foodstuffs and may cause a variety of detrimental health effects. Toxic pollutants and hazardous minerals that enter the environment every day accumulate in the environment, causing long-term effects on human activity. 

There is a large gap in the literature regarding the impact of the above-mentioned factors on the health and development of living organisms; therefore, this Special Issue will consider manuscripts concerning: 

  1. Characterization and influence of toxic pollutants, endocrine disruptors and hazardous minerals on the health and development of living organisms;
  2. Mechanisms of impact and the influence of accumulation of toxic pollutants, endocrine disruptors and hazardous minerals in living organisms;
  3. New approaches to the assessment of pollution levels and methods of their reduction.

Dr. Liliana Rytel
Guest Editor

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • environmental pollution
  • toxicity
  • toxic effects on living organisms
  • exposure assessment
  • endocrine disruptors
  • hazardous minerals
  • heavy-metal accumulation
  • radioactivity
  • health impact

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Association between Chronic Environmental Lead (Pb) Exposure and Cytokines in Males and Females of Reproductive Age from Kabwe, Zambia
by Andrew Kataba, Yared Beyene Yohannes, Hokuto Nakata, John Yabe, Haruya Toyomaki, Kaampwe Muzandu, Golden Zyambo, Yoshinori Ikenaka, Kennedy Choongo, Mayumi Ishizuka and Shouta M. M. Nakayama
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(8), 5596; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20085596 - 20 Apr 2023
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Lead (Pb) poisoning remains a great public health challenge globally known to induce a wide range of ailments in both children and adults. The current study investigated the association of chronic environmental Pb exposure and immunomodulatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and [...] Read more.
Lead (Pb) poisoning remains a great public health challenge globally known to induce a wide range of ailments in both children and adults. The current study investigated the association of chronic environmental Pb exposure and immunomodulatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) in adult males and females living in Kabwe, Zambia. The standard human cytokine/chemokine Milliplex assay was used to quantify plasma cytokines from four groups categorized as low (<10 μg/dL) and high (>10 μg/dL) blood lead level (BLL) groups, namely, low BLL female (n = 47; BLL = 3.76 μg/dL), low BLL Male (n = 43; BLL = 4.13 μg/dL), high BLL female (n = 21; BLL = 23.5 μg/dL), and high BLL male (n = 18; BLL = 23.7 μg/dL), respectively. The low BLL group was associated with increased TNF-α levels, and the high BLL group was associated with reduced TNF-α levels in female subjects. No associations between BLL and the levels of IL-8 and TNF-α cytokines were observed in either females or males, respectively. A negative correlation between BLL and TNF-α was found in female subjects, suggesting that an increase in BLL accompanied by a reduction in TNF-α. The reduced levels of circulating TNF-α in female subjects suggest that chronic Pb exposure could predispose females to immune and inflammation-related disorders than their male counterparts. Further studies are recommended to ascertain the impact of chronic Pb exposure on immunomodulatory cytokines, especially in females. Full article
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Adsorption of Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics from Water and Wastewater by Colemanite
by Gül Gülenay Hacıosmanoğlu, Marina Arenas, Carmen Mejías, Julia Martín, Juan Luis Santos, Irene Aparicio and Esteban Alonso
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(3), 2646; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032646 - 01 Feb 2023
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Pharmaceutical residues in water and wastewater have become a worldwide problem with environmental and public health consequences. Antibiotics are of special importance because of the emergence of antibiotic-resistant genes. This study evaluates the adsorptive removal of four common fluoroquinolone antibiotics by using natural [...] Read more.
Pharmaceutical residues in water and wastewater have become a worldwide problem with environmental and public health consequences. Antibiotics are of special importance because of the emergence of antibiotic-resistant genes. This study evaluates the adsorptive removal of four common fluoroquinolone antibiotics by using natural colemanite as an alternative adsorbent for the first time. Batch adsorption experiments were conducted for the mixture of fluoroquinolones as well as for individual compounds during the isotherm studies. Adsorption kinetic results indicated that the process followed the pseudo-second-order (PSO) model, while the Langmuir model described the sorption isotherms. The effects of pH and temperature on adsorption performance were determined, and the results indicated that the adsorption was endothermic and spontaneous, with increasing randomness at the solid–liquid interface. The effects of real water and wastewater matrices were tested by using tap water, surface water, and wastewater samples. Reusability experiments based on five adsorption–desorption cycles indicated that the adsorption performance was mostly retained after five cycles. The adsorption mechanism was elucidated based the material characterization before and after adsorption. The results indicate that colemanite can be used as an effective and reusable adsorbent for fluoroquinolone antibiotics as well as for other pollutants with similar physicochemical properties. Full article
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Evaluation of Parabens and Bisphenol A Concentration Levels in Wild Bat Guano Samples
by Slawomir Gonkowski, Julia Martín, Irene Aparicio, Juan Luis Santos, Esteban Alonso and Liliana Rytel
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(3), 1928; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031928 - 20 Jan 2023
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Parabens and bisphenol A are synthetic compounds found in many everyday objects, including bottles, food containers, personal care products, cosmetics and medicines. These substances may penetrate the environment and living organisms, on which they have a negative impact. Till now, numerous studies have [...] Read more.
Parabens and bisphenol A are synthetic compounds found in many everyday objects, including bottles, food containers, personal care products, cosmetics and medicines. These substances may penetrate the environment and living organisms, on which they have a negative impact. Till now, numerous studies have described parabens and BPA in humans, but knowledge about terrestrial wild mammals’ exposure to these compounds is very limited. Therefore, during this study, the most common concentration levels of BPA and parabens were selected (such as methyl paraben—MeP, ethyl paraben—EtP, propyl paraben—PrP and butyl paraben—BuP) and analyzed in guano samples collected in summer (nursery) colonies of greater mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis) using liquid chromatography with the tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS-MS) method. MeP has been found in all guano samples and its median concentration levels amounted to 39.6 ng/g. Other parabens were present in smaller number of samples (from 5% for BuP to 62.5% for EtP) and in lower concentrations. Median concentration levels of these substances achieved 0.95 ng/g, 1.45 ng/g and 15.56 ng/g for EtP, PrP and BuP, respectively. BPA concentration levels did not exceed the method quantification limit (5 ng/g dw) in any sample. The present study has shown that wild bats are exposed to parabens and BPA, and guano samples are a suitable matrix for studies on wild animal exposure to these substances. Full article
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