Unfolding the Mechanisms and Health Risks of Nanomaterials and Heavy Metals Co-exposures in Terrestrial Systems
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 446
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nanotoxicology; nanophytovirology; nanoenabled agriculture; nano-biochemistry; fate and behavior; plant physiology; abiotic stress
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Interests: nanoagrochemicals; plant (nano)ecotoxicology; terrestrial organisms; environmental chemistry; nano-enabled agriculture; plant physiology
Interests: manufactured nano-objects; self-healing concrete; carbon footprints; nanobiotechnology; recycled aggregates; nanobiochemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nanotechnology has recently emerged as a transformative technology that offers inexpensive, safe, efficient, and sustainable options for environmental challenges, including the remediation of widespread heavy metal (HM) contamination in the environment. The combined application of HMs and nanomaterials (NMs) has been a recent trend in efforts to overcome soil and water pollution. It is urgent to evaluate the combined toxicity mechanisms of HMs and NMs in the environment due to their increasing release and toxicity pattern changes. Previously published findings currently do not allow a clear statement on safety of co-exposure of both NMs and HMs in agricultural soils, as data on the interplay of combined exposure with soil culture are missing to a large extent to draw proper guidelines for their applications. Aiming to explore this window further and enhance the safe application of NMs in the environment, we invite submissions of novel and original papers and reviews to this SI covering (but not limited to) the following topics:
- Behavior of NMs and HMs in soil and water;
- Co-solute impacts of NMs and HMs in the environment;
- Ecological impact of NMs in the presence of HMs;
- Green innovation for sustainable development;
- Trophic transfer and public health.
Dr. Yukui Rui
Dr. Muhammad Adeel
Dr. Muhammad Arslan Ahmad
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- soil contamination
- public health
- (nano)ecotoxicology
- risk assessment
- environmental remediation
- trophic transfer
- agricultural system
