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This book discusses linkages between the natural and disturbed chemical composition of the earth's surface and ecological and human health. It reviews the environmental geochemical cycles of natural elements and persistent toxic substances (PTS) in the environment, highlighting the degradation of soil and water resources due to human activities such as extraction and usage of minerals. There is an attempt to provide evidence concerning the health effects of consuming contaminated food, due to frequent consumption of mercury-laden fish. Lastly, sources, fates, and ecological effects of various PTS are presented, including microplastics and associated chemicals. Details linkages between the natural and disturbed chemical composition of the earth’s surface, and environmental and human health, focusing on food contamination Discusses emerging pollutants with potential widespread hazardous effects such as bisphenol A and phthalates Reviews safe food production and quality, as well as the management, regulation and policies concerning toxic chemicals Contains cutting edge knowledge on safe food production and remediating technologies Describes how geochemical cycling results in food contamination

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Author:   Ming Hung Wong (Consortium on Health, Environment, Education, and Research (CHEER),)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
ISBN:  

9781032787060

ISBN 10:   1032787066
Pages:   488
Publication Date:   16 July 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

I. ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT · Chapter 1: Managing legacy POPs and emerging chemicals: Insights from UNEP/GEF Projects Ming Hung Wong · Chapter 2: International institutional linkages between ecological challenges and human health Sidan Wang · Chapter 3: Laws and regulations of food contaminants pertinent to public health and food safety in the Asia Pacific James Tsz-fung Wong, Ming Huang Wong · Chapter 4: Organic agriculture as a tool to promote, assess and communicate health and environmental risks: The case of organic tea in China Jiping Sheng , Ksenia Gerasimova II. SOURCES AND EXPOSURE PATHWAYS · Chapter 5: Persistent Toxic Substances emitted from biomass combustion and their health impacts Ekaterina Kravchenko · Chapter 6: Heavy metals in food products: An insight into food security as a global problem Muhammad Ubaid Ali · Chapter 7: Soil health restoration: A focus on soil microbiome engineering Xun Wen Chen · Chapter 8: Exposure pathways and human health risks of PFAS Cheng Shen ,Jin Zhang · Chapter 9: Potential health impacts of microplastics and associated chemicals Yating Luo, Haibo Zhang · Chapter 10: Detection of PTS discharged from molasses-based distilleries and their environmental health hazards Kshitij Singh , Ram Chandra III. CASE STUDIES IN VIETNAM · Chapter 11: Monitoring of persistent bioaccumulative toxic (PBT) substances in Vietnam: Contamination profiles, source characterization, and health risk assessment Hoang Quoc Anh ,Tu Binh Minh · Chapter 12: Contaminants of emerging concern in Vietnamese environments: A recent assessment of pollution status, emission sources, and human health risks Tran Manh Tri ,Tu Binh Minh IV. BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES AND HEALTH RISKS · Chapter 13: Global biogeochemical cycle of mercury and critical factors in determining mercury levels in fish Martin Tsz-Ki Tsui · Chapter 14: Copper fungicide accumulation in crops and soils: Human and environmental health risks Dasom Jeon , Nicholas Dickinson · Chapter 15: Arsenic pathways from the environment to the human body: The case of rice consumption Thanh Son Tran, Kyoung-Woong Kim · Chapter 16: Arsenic in rice: Existing know-hows and prospects of probable mitigation approaches to limit As body loading MD Rokonuzzaman ,WC Li · Chapter 17: The opposite soil dynamics of arsenic and cadmium and their shared ecological effects in paddy fields Yihan Chi, Yuanyuan Tang · Chapter 18: Cancer, kidney, and bone disease owing to long-term consumption of crops containing high cadmium levels Anwen Xiao V. IMPACTS ON HUMAN HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT · Chapter 19: Effects of exposure to low and high concentrations of trace elements on male infertility Leonid Perelomov · Chapter 20: Endocrine disruption in maternal health and early developmental outcomes Yujing Chen , Ming Kei Chung · Chapter 21: Exploring endocrine disruptors: Implications for health and child development Ziying Li, Yi Yang

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Professor Wong is a Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and Chang Jiang Chair Professor of the Ministry of Education, China. He served as the Editor-in-Chief of ‘Environmental Geochemistry and Health’ for 20 years (2002-2023). Professor Wong was the Coordinator of Central and North-East Asia of ‘Regionally Based Assessment of Persistent Toxic Substances’ and a Panel Member (of 3 experts) of ‘Chemicals Management Issues of Developing Countries and Countries with Economies in Transition’, sponsored by UNEP/GEF, during 2001-2003 and 2010-2012, respectively. His research areas included ‘Environmental toxicology’; ‘Ecological restoration’; and ‘Resource reuse’. He has published over 850 SCI papers. In addition to his PhD (Durham), he was awarded two higher Doctoral Degrees based on published papers in 1992 and 2004: DSc (Durham) and DSc (Strathclyde). Recently, he has been awarded an Honorary DSc from the Southern Federal University, Russia (31 May 2024), in recognition of his involvement as the Lead Scientist in the Mega Project on Bioremediation of Polluted Ecosystems sponsored by the Russian Government. Professor Wong is ranked 6th for 3 years and 8th for 2 years (career-long ranking) globally in Environmental Science according to the World’s Top 2% Scientists (Stanford University, 2020-2024). Based on Research.com's Best Researchers in Various Disciplines (2023, 2024), he ranked No. 1 in China under Environmental Science.

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