Diet is one of the main sources through which the general population is exposed to environmental pollutants, such as pesticides, heavy metals, and mycotoxins. Numerous adverse health effects are found to be associated with dietary exposure of chemical contaminants, including cardiovascular, neurological, reproductive disorders, and cancers. However, there are still many limitations in this research area. For instance, most studies have investigated environmental pollutants and prevailing dietary patterns separately rather than collectively and these research works cannot accurately reflect the dietary exposome in real world contexts. Therefore, associations between dietary exposures and adverse health effects under the holistic dietary exposome deserve to be explored in future research projects.
The specific aims of the current Research Topic are: (1) to explore emerging causal relationships between environmental exposures, diseases, and subclinical impairments; (2) to investigate chronic disease etiology by considering both chemical contaminants exposure and dietary nutrition; and (3) to provide relevant supporting evidence and guidance on preventive strategies in environmental pollution and dietary exposure.
We welcome submissions of Original Research, Clinical Trials, Meta-analysis, and Systematic Reviews in the following subtopics, including but not limited to:
• Epidemiological or molecular studies linking environmental contaminants and dietary nutrients in a real-world scenario;
• Adverse health effects of emerging chemical contaminants in diet (including but not limited to endocrine disruptors, air pollution, novel insecticides, chemical herbicides, microplastics, electronic wastes, and persistent organic pollutants);
• All aspects of novel topics focused on the exposure assessments of environmental contaminants, dietary contaminants, and dietary nutrients;
• Interlinks between dietary nutrients (such as vitamin, essential trace elements), dietary structure, and biological, environmental, and human health effects, especially for non-communicable chronic diseases;
• Innovative study designs or statistic methods for assessing the source apportionment, exposure, bioavailability, and biotransformation of environmental and dietary contaminants;
• Molecular mechanism-based environmental toxicological studies using cell or animal models to evaluate hazards of both external environmental stimuli and internal chemical environment.
Diet is one of the main sources through which the general population is exposed to environmental pollutants, such as pesticides, heavy metals, and mycotoxins. Numerous adverse health effects are found to be associated with dietary exposure of chemical contaminants, including cardiovascular, neurological, reproductive disorders, and cancers. However, there are still many limitations in this research area. For instance, most studies have investigated environmental pollutants and prevailing dietary patterns separately rather than collectively and these research works cannot accurately reflect the dietary exposome in real world contexts. Therefore, associations between dietary exposures and adverse health effects under the holistic dietary exposome deserve to be explored in future research projects.
The specific aims of the current Research Topic are: (1) to explore emerging causal relationships between environmental exposures, diseases, and subclinical impairments; (2) to investigate chronic disease etiology by considering both chemical contaminants exposure and dietary nutrition; and (3) to provide relevant supporting evidence and guidance on preventive strategies in environmental pollution and dietary exposure.
We welcome submissions of Original Research, Clinical Trials, Meta-analysis, and Systematic Reviews in the following subtopics, including but not limited to:
• Epidemiological or molecular studies linking environmental contaminants and dietary nutrients in a real-world scenario;
• Adverse health effects of emerging chemical contaminants in diet (including but not limited to endocrine disruptors, air pollution, novel insecticides, chemical herbicides, microplastics, electronic wastes, and persistent organic pollutants);
• All aspects of novel topics focused on the exposure assessments of environmental contaminants, dietary contaminants, and dietary nutrients;
• Interlinks between dietary nutrients (such as vitamin, essential trace elements), dietary structure, and biological, environmental, and human health effects, especially for non-communicable chronic diseases;
• Innovative study designs or statistic methods for assessing the source apportionment, exposure, bioavailability, and biotransformation of environmental and dietary contaminants;
• Molecular mechanism-based environmental toxicological studies using cell or animal models to evaluate hazards of both external environmental stimuli and internal chemical environment.
