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Emerging Methods and Techniques for the Evaluation and Monitoring of Emerging Contaminants in Food and Environment

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A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 8826

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Dr. Soraya Paz Montelongo

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Toxicology Department, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, 38071 Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Interests: toxicology; food safety; risk assessment; toxic risk; toxic metals; trace elements
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Prof. Dr. Arturo Hardisson

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Dear Colleagues,

I was recently invited to serve as the Guest Editor of a Special Issue of the Sustainability journal on Emerging Methods and Techniques for the Evaluation and Monitoring of Emerging Contaminants in Food and the Environment—an invitation that I readily accepted, as I strongly believe in the importance of assessing and evaluating contaminants in food and the environment. Emerging contaminants such as toxic metals, trace elements, microplastics, and bacteria, among others, may be present in the environment or food, posing a risk for human health or causing severe damage to the environment. Human activities have increased the presence of certain contaminants that pose a risk for humans and the environment. It is necessary to carry out studies about efficient methodology and techniques for the evaluation of such contaminants.

Therefore, it is my pleasure to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue by submitting papers on original research or reviews. The following topics are especially welcome: innovations/developments in techniques/methods, agrochemical residues and pesticides, natural toxins, allergens, toxic compounds produced during food processing, environmental contaminants, pesticides, veterinary drug residues, toxic metals, trace elements, pollutants, emerging issues and hazards, exposure studies, risk-assessment studies, managing strategies in food safety, regulatory frameworks, and adverse impacts on both public health and the economy.

Dr. Soraya Paz Montelongo
Prof. Dr. Arturo Hardisson
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Keywords

food toxicants
food contaminants
food hazards
innovative techniques and methods
natural toxins
toxic metals
trace elements
allergens
pesticides
residues
emerging contaminants
risk analysis
risk assessment
food toxicology
food safety
pollutants
environmental pollution
risk management
risk communication
regulatory
public health

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Toxic and Trace Elements in Seaweeds from a North Atlantic Ocean Region (Tenerife, Canary Islands)

by Soraya Paz, Carmen Rubio-Armendáriz, Inmaculada Frías, Fernando Guillén-Pino, Daniel Niebla-Canelo, Samuel Alejandro-Vega, Ángel J. Gutiérrez, Arturo Hardisson and Dailos González-Weller

Sustainability 2022, 14(10), 5967; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14105967 - 14 May 2022

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Canary Islands is a North Atlantic Ocean archipelago in the Macaronesian region that stand out for its great algae diversity and its climatic conditions. However, even in this low industrialised area, human activities tend to increase the marine pollution. Asparagopsis spp. and Liagora spp. algae are red algae frequent in the Canary Islands’ coasts. Therefore, they could be used as bio-indicators of marine pollution for trace elements. A total of 30 samples of both algae’s species from Tenerife’s southern coast, specifically in Playa Grande, Porís de Abona, in Arico (Tenerife, Spain) were used to determine trace element content (Mn, B, Ba, Cu, Cd, Co, Fe, Li, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sr, V, Zn, Al, Cr) through inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP—OES). Highest Fe concentrations were found in Liagora spp. concentrations (1190 ± 1545 mg/kg dw) and Al (288 ± 157 mg/kg dw) was more significant in Asparagopsis spp. High concentrations of B were also registered in both species 80.2 ± 34.2 mg/kg dw and 77.9 ± 34.2 mg/kg dw, respectively. The recorded concentrations show a high contamination scenario in the collected area. Porís is known by its marine diversity and by its higher pollution levels, compared with other locations of Tenerife, due to the currents present on the Canary Island and its singular north orientation, actions must be taken to reduce pollution. Full article

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Heavy Metal and Metalloid Contamination in Food and Emerging Technologies for Its Detection

by Anirban Goutam Mukherjee, Kaviyarasi Renu, Abilash Valsala Gopalakrishnan, Vishnu Priya Veeraraghavan, Sathishkumar Vinayagam, Soraya Paz-Montelongo, Abhijit Dey, Balachandar Vellingiri, Alex George, Harishkumar Madhyastha and Raja Ganesan

Sustainability 2023, 15(2), 1195; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su15021195 - 09 Jan 2023

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Heavy metal and metalloid poisoning in the environment and food has piqued the public’s interest since it poses significant hazards to the ecological system and human health. In food, several metals, including cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), tin (Sn), manganese (Mn), and aluminium (Al), and metalloids, including arsenic (As), antimony (Sb), and selenium (Se), pose a severe threat to human health. It is of utmost importance to detect even minute quantities of these toxic elements and this must be efficiently determined to understand their risk. Several traditional and advanced technologies, including atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS), spectrofluorimetry, inductively coupled plasma spectrometry, e-tongues, electrochemical aptasensors, Raman spectroscopy, and fluorescence sensors, among other techniques, have proven highly beneficial in quantifying even the minute concentrations of heavy metals and metalloids in food and dietary supplements. Hence, this review aims to understand the toxicity of these metals and metalloids in food and to shed light on the emerging technologies for their detection. Full article

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