INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND MEDIA RECOGNITION

Luigi Montano is the founder and scientific coordinator of the EcoFoodFertility research model, developed in Southern Italy to investigate the links between environmental contamination, food, lifestyle and reproductive health. The project introduced the use of human semen as a sentinel biomarker of environmental and general health, initially focusing on populations living in the highly impacted “Terra dei Fuochi” area of Campania.The EcoFoodFertility model and Montano’s research have progressively attracted international scientific and media attention, including coverage by:This international recognition reflects the progressive development of EcoFoodFertility from a community-based research initiative in the “Terra dei Fuochi” into a broader One Health-oriented model integrating environmental biomonitoring, reproductive health, prevention, lifestyle, food systems and ecological regeneration.