Water Quality: The Risks of Metal Contaminants to Human Health
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water and One Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2019) | Viewed by 3220
Special Issue Editors
2. OMP, GET “Geosciences Environment Toulouse” Laboratory, 31400 Toulouse, France
Interests: sustainability science; hydrogeochemistry; natural resources; stable isotopes; human exposure; human activities impacts
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Among all the pollutants widely released in aquatic environments, trace metals can reach and accumulate in the aquatic or terrestrial food chain when contaminated waters are used for irrigation. Their distribution, mobility, bioavailability, and toxicity are strongly related to their speciation in waters and sediments. Recent developments in isotopic geochemistry have allowed the scientific community to discriminate, in some case studies, natural from anthropogenic sources of metals that can help to reduce human exposure. The current Special Issue of Water focuses on the links between drinking and/or surface and groundwater quality, major and trace metallic elements, contaminant sources, and the health risks associated to the human exposure. This Special Issue will cover recent water studies led in Northern and Southern countries, including new issues related with surface water exposure assessment and environmental and health risks. Papers dealing with surface, groundwater or drinking water standards, policies, and sustainable management are also welcome in this Special Issue. Original research papers, reviews, and technical notes are also invited. Submission of transdisciplinary research, including socioeconomic perspectives, and review papers within the broad theme of water quality are particularly encouraged.
Dr. Laurence MauriceProf. Dr. Jérôme Viers
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Metal contaminants
- Drinking water
- Surface and groundwater
- Stable isotopes
- Natural and anthropogenic sources tracing
- Human exposure
- Health risk
- Social perception
- Public policies
