About this Research Topic
One health (OH) is a developing field that involves the multifaceted interdependences within the environment-animal-human web. OH is a holistic approach dealing with health dimensions and interconnections. In such complex health issues, including syndemics, the role of toxicological risk factors as determinants of health needs to be thoroughly explored. For instance, the quality of the environment influences both human health and the health and wellness of food-producing, living organisms, hence the availability, nutritional value, safety of food, and biodiversity. In the meanwhile, feed and food production outputs influence the environmental quality. Then, environment and food quality, and safety deeply interact with social determinants, such as societal risk awareness and the many health-relevant inequalities.
While the role of environmental factors in OH is now widely recognized, there are still many gaps in including toxicological risk factors in the OH framework. Under this respect, special interest should be given to experiences transferred to health prevention, promotion, and capacity building in the different world areas.
Risk assessment remains a cornerstone for the successful implementation of toxicology into OH; meanwhile, other cornerstones are risk ranking, risk-to-benefit analysis, risk management, including the search and development of good agricultural and manufacturing practices, risk communication, and, beyond that, empowerment, stakeholders’ involvement and citizen science. OH is complex, and high-quality, interdisciplinary science should help to avoid “drowning into complexity.”
The proposed Frontiers issue intends to develop the rich potential of toxicological sciences in OH, seeking how to tackle health issues at the environment-food-human interfaces, taking into account sustainability and social determinants, as well as -most important- possible ways to prevent or, at least, mitigate risks. Accordingly, the Research Topic will welcome papers encompassing a broad range of topics, including toxic pollution of ecosystems; animals and plants as indicators of environmental health risks; the impact of toxicants and food waste and loss; OH aspects of feed quality and safety; OH and sustainability of agri-food production; roles of toxicological risk factors in malnutrition; communicable (including syndemics) and non-communicable diseases; pollution-related human health issues from a global perspective; experiences in communication, dissemination and capacity building; interactions of toxicological risk factors and social determinants, such as inequalities, social awareness or formal/informal global markets.
The ultimate goal of the proposed Research Topic is to provide multidisciplinary signposts based on local experiences to establish a global One-Health framework.
While the role of environmental factors in OH is now widely recognized, there are still many gaps in including toxicological risk factors in the OH framework. Under this respect, special interest should be given to experiences transferred to health prevention, promotion, and capacity building in the different world areas.
Risk assessment remains a cornerstone for the successful implementation of toxicology into OH; meanwhile, other cornerstones are risk ranking, risk-to-benefit analysis, risk management, including the search and development of good agricultural and manufacturing practices, risk communication, and, beyond that, empowerment, stakeholders’ involvement and citizen science. OH is complex, and high-quality, interdisciplinary science should help to avoid “drowning into complexity.”
The proposed Frontiers issue intends to develop the rich potential of toxicological sciences in OH, seeking how to tackle health issues at the environment-food-human interfaces, taking into account sustainability and social determinants, as well as -most important- possible ways to prevent or, at least, mitigate risks. Accordingly, the Research Topic will welcome papers encompassing a broad range of topics, including toxic pollution of ecosystems; animals and plants as indicators of environmental health risks; the impact of toxicants and food waste and loss; OH aspects of feed quality and safety; OH and sustainability of agri-food production; roles of toxicological risk factors in malnutrition; communicable (including syndemics) and non-communicable diseases; pollution-related human health issues from a global perspective; experiences in communication, dissemination and capacity building; interactions of toxicological risk factors and social determinants, such as inequalities, social awareness or formal/informal global markets.
The ultimate goal of the proposed Research Topic is to provide multidisciplinary signposts based on local experiences to establish a global One-Health framework.
Keywords: environment health, animal health, human health, one health, toxicology, risk analysis
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