Understanding Metals in the Environment and Human Health
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 10. November 2026
Book
Hardback
392 pages
978-1-041-05270-8 (ISBN)
Description
Metals play diverse roles in human health and environmental systems, with both positive and negative impacts. The challenges posed by metal pollution and toxicity require a multifaceted approach, combining technological innovation with policy, education, and public health initiatives. This book discusses all metals and their roles in human health and includes the most advanced techniques used in detection, quantification, and remediation of metals, both in human and environmental health related issues. A comprehensive understanding of these advancements enables readers to harness the good in metals, mitigate the bad, and minimize the ugly consequences of metal toxicity for a safer, healthier world.
Features
Provides a comprehensive exploration of metals in human health and ecology.
Covers cutting-edge detection and quantification techniques.
Presents innovative solutions for environmental metal remediation.
Addresses personalized health approaches for managing metal levels.
Includes many case studies showing up-to-date research in different countries and their regulatory aspects and legislation.
This book is an excellent resource for health and environmental professionals, researchers and academics, master and graduate students involved in projects related to environmental science, environmental chemistry, ecology, and environmental pollution and remediation.
Features
Provides a comprehensive exploration of metals in human health and ecology.
Covers cutting-edge detection and quantification techniques.
Presents innovative solutions for environmental metal remediation.
Addresses personalized health approaches for managing metal levels.
Includes many case studies showing up-to-date research in different countries and their regulatory aspects and legislation.
This book is an excellent resource for health and environmental professionals, researchers and academics, master and graduate students involved in projects related to environmental science, environmental chemistry, ecology, and environmental pollution and remediation.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate and Professional Reference
Illustrations
9 Farbfotos bzw. farbige Rasterbilder, 19 s/w Zeichnungen, 16 farbige Zeichnungen, 26 s/w Tabellen, 3 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 25 farbige Abbildungen, 22 s/w Abbildungen
26 Tables, black and white; 16 Line drawings, color; 19 Line drawings, black and white; 9 Halftones, color; 3 Halftones, black and white; 25 Illustrations, color; 22 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-041-05270-8 (9781041052708)
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Persons
Carlos Lodeiro is Professor in Chemistry at the LAQV-REQUIMTE, NOVA FCT, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal, teaching Inorganic Chemistry, BioInorganic Chemistry, Instrumental Methods of Analysis since 2012, Chemistry of the Elements since 2015, Metals in Biology and Medicine since 2020 and Polymers for Bioaplications since 2023. He has published 350 papers in leading journals, several book chapters and patents.
Elisabete Oliveira is Assistant Professor at the LAQV-REQUIMTE, NOVA FCT, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal, teaching Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Instrumental Methods of Analysis since 2012, and Forensic Chemistry since 2025. She was awarded with the Prize for Women in Science, "Medalhas de Honra L'Oreal Portugal para as Mulheres na Ciencia" in the field of Health Sciences in 2016. She has published 96 papers in leading journals, and several book chapters.
Elisabete Oliveira is Assistant Professor at the LAQV-REQUIMTE, NOVA FCT, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal, teaching Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Instrumental Methods of Analysis since 2012, and Forensic Chemistry since 2025. She was awarded with the Prize for Women in Science, "Medalhas de Honra L'Oreal Portugal para as Mulheres na Ciencia" in the field of Health Sciences in 2016. She has published 96 papers in leading journals, and several book chapters.
Content
Introduction. 1. Melding Metals Data for a Food Chain Analysis to Provide a Basis for Assessing Ecosystem and Human Health and Designing Biomonitoring. 2. Indispensable Role Of LC-Based Metallomics Tools to Unravel the Mechanisms Which Causally Link Human Exposure to Toxic Metal(Loid) Species to Organ Damage. 3. Minor To Whom? The Interaction Between Minor Metals and Plants. 4. The Role of Chemical Metals in SARS-CoV-2 Infection. 5. The Role of ICP-MS for Determining Chemical Species in Biofluids: Selenoproteins and Selenometabolites. 6. Last Developments in Speciation and Bioavailability Studies: Important Regulatory Implications for Health Protection. 7. Mesoporous Nanoparticles and Polymers for Entrapping Toxic Metal Ions and Antimicrobial Studies. 8. An Insight into the Environmental Impact of Inorganic Nanoparticles: Upsides and Downsides. 9. Abandoned Mines as Sources of Metal Pollution: Eternity Costs and Everlasting Threats to the Aquatic Environment. 10. Use of Natural Materials for Arsenic and Antimony Removal from Water. 11. Dermal Bioaccessibility and Percutaneous Penetration of Metal(loid)s in Contaminated Soils: Mechanisms, Experimental Evidence, and Implications for Human Health Exposure Assessment. 12. Is Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soils Using Industrial Crops a Sustainable Solution?. 13. Recent Advances in Dansyl-Based Fluorescent Probes for Heavy Metal Sensing and Quantification in Chemical and Biological Environments. 14. Metals in the Environment-Health Binomial: Tools for Understanding and Action.