Risk Characterization, Assessment, and Management Derived from Water for Environmental/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: 10 July 2025 | Viewed by 27
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Interests: quantitative microbial risk assessment; microbiological contamination in environments; assessment and methodology; public and human health; bioaerosol; bioaerosol sensor; airborne microorganisms and biological particles; bio-fluorophore particles; laser-induced fluorescence
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Dear Colleagues,
Worldwide attention has been gradually drawn to the threat of pollution and its risks to the environment and human health since the publication of Silent Spring in 1962 by Rachel Carson.
Currently, water pollution is the most significant environmental risk factor for disease and has been responsible for millions of premature deaths per year, according to the Lancet Commission on Water Pollution and Health Report. Considering the significance of water for human development, water pollution undoubtedly gives rise to unhealthy environments, which have been closely linked to impaired human health.
It is thus increasingly clear that water pollution is a global issue and that its diverse impacts on the environment and its far-reaching influence on human health transcend the boundaries of the interaction between environmental disciplines and other disciplines, demanding the development of a systematical academic response. Processes for adequate risk characterization and assessment should be established to precisely estimate the probability of the various health effects of exposure to water pollution conditions within communities.
Therefore, more attention should be given to the rigorous assessment and risk characterization derived from water in relation to environmental/human health as these are naturally required to help with managing water pollution and preventing pollution-related health risks.
Works addressing these topics are invited to this Special Issue to share innovative research on the frameworks of risk characterization and assessment, as well as provide guidance for subsequent research on the management strategies for environmental/human health. Works on health risk related to the industrial Internet of Things (IIOTs) or artificial intelligence (AI) are highly recommended. Findings in this Special Issue will be of significant interest to the diverse readership of Water.
Dr. Cheng Yan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- water and human development
- water pollution
- risk assessment
- environmental health risks
- human health risks
- hazard identification
- dose–response assessment
- exposure assessment
- risk characterization
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