Aims
Environmental & Dietary Health Risk Science (EDHRS) is a gold open access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to disseminating high-quality research on the health risks associated with human exposure to chemical, physical, and biological agents present in the environment and in the diet. The journal promotes integrative and multidisciplinary approaches that connect exposure sources, environmental and food-chain transfer, toxicological mechanisms, epidemiological evidence, and risk assessment and management. EDHRS seeks to serve as a comprehensive platform and a vital resource for researchers, health and food-safety professionals, regulators, and policymakers committed to protecting human health and promoting sustainable, safe food and environmental systems. It is published quarterly online by Scilight Press.
Scope
The journal publishes a range of manuscript types and welcomes interdisciplinary research bridging toxicology, nutrition, environmental sciences, public health and policy. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
Environmental Contaminants and Human Health: Exposure to and health effects of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), metals and metalloids, pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), pharmaceuticals, and other contaminants of emerging concern in air, water, soil, and indoor environments.
Dietary Exposure and Food Safety: Occurrence of chemical and biological contaminants in food and drinking water; food additives, packaging migrants, and processing-derived compounds; mycotoxins and natural toxins; novel foods and foods derived from genetically modified (GM) organisms; total diet studies and food-chain transfer.
Micro- and Nanoplastics and Emerging Materials: Sources, human exposure, toxicokinetics, and health implications of micro- and nanoplastics, engineered nanomaterials, and other novel materials.
Exposure Assessment and Biomonitoring: Human biomonitoring, internal dose estimation, aggregate and cumulative exposure, and the development and validation of analytical methods and biomarkers of exposure and effect.
Toxicology and Mechanisms of Action: In vivo, in vitro, and in silico studies on toxicity, mixtures and combined effects, endocrine disruption, neurodevelopmental, reproductive, and carcinogenic outcomes, and new approach methodologies (NAMs).
Epidemiology and Public Health: Population-based and occupational studies on environmental and dietary determinants of disease, vulnerable populations and sensitive life stages, and health impacts of living near industrial facilities, waste-management plants, ports, and other emission sources.
Risk Assessment, Management, and Communication: Hazard characterization, quantitative risk and risk–benefit assessment — including trade-offs between contaminant risks and nutritional benefits of foods such as fish — regulatory toxicology, standards and guideline values, and strategies for risk communication.
Nutrition, Diet, and Environmental Interactions: Interactions between nutritional status, dietary patterns, and susceptibility to environmental toxicants, including both protective and adverse effects of dietary components.
Climate Change, Sustainability, and One Health: Effects of climate change and environmental degradation on contaminant fate and food and water safety; One Health and planetary health perspectives; environmental justice and health inequalities.
Data-Driven and Digital Approaches: Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), explainable AI, modelling, and big-data analytics applied to exposure science, toxicology, food safety surveillance, and risk assessment.
The journal welcomes studies leveraging cutting-edge tools, including high-resolution analytical chemistry, omics platforms, computational modelling and data-analytic workflows. By fostering dialogue among toxicologists, nutritionists, environmental scientists, epidemiologists, food-safety experts, regulators, and policymakers, EDHRS aims to bridge scientific discovery and real-world decision-making to advance safer environments and healthier diets.
