Neurotoxicity Risk Assessment for Human Health
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 March 2023) | Viewed by 7017
Special Issue Editors
Interests: developmental behavioral neurotoxicology; molecular epigenetics; neurodegenerative diseases
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sources of environmental contaminants that create threats to public health have been well studied. However, over the last 40 years, many environmental contaminants have also been identified as neurotoxicants. This is an important point as neurotoxicants pose significant risks for the developing central nervous system, both in utero and during the postnatal developmental time periods. Children are particularly vulnerable to these neurotoxicant risks, therefore warranting more research dedicated to examining a range of factors to consider when assessing human health in response to neurotoxicant exposures.
With this Special Issue, we aim to highlight the importance of this longstanding environmental research and public health theme, providing a forum to discuss (i) basic research on the cognitive and behavioral symptoms associated with the molecular mechanisms that are disrupted by neurotoxicants, (ii) identifying unique approaches to better understand under-explored or novel risk assessment methods that advance the research on this topic, (iii) the implication of developmental behavioral neurotoxicology and neuropsychiatric disorders as they relate to clinical studies on children exposed to neurotoxicants, and (iv) future goals and directions elucidating the clinical relevance of neurotoxic exposures and behavioral symptoms.
An in-depth investigation will be carried out by exploring neurotoxicant risk assessment through the following subtopics:
- Public health;
- Agriculture, herbicides, and pesticides;
- E-waste, recycling, and metallurgy;
- Food regulation or lack thereof;
- Medical treatments, natural remedies, and holistic approaches;
- Occupational health and safety;
- Neurodevelopmental disorders and developmental neuropathologies;
- Clinical disorders with neurotoxicant exposure co-morbidities.
We welcome submissions of reviews and original research addressing this fundamental question on neurotoxicant exposure risk assessment from a broad range of perspectives. We also welcome integrative approaches that can show convergent perspectives on risk assessment of neurotoxicants. Insights gained from these approaches will further the field’s understanding of the functional consequences of neurotoxicants and how they relate to a range of clinical disorders.
Dr. Lorenz S. Neuwirth
Dr. Joanna C. (Jacy) Jacob
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- neurotoxicology, neurotoxicants
- occupational health & safety
- environmental contaminants
- food regulation
- neurodevelopmental disorders
- e-waste, recycling, metallurgy
- agriculture, herbicides & pesticides
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